Xenophon’s Socrates
Remarks that were meant to be delivered December 1st, 2017 by the author at the Gorman Faculty Lounge, University of Dallas. The dissertation defense was succes...
Category: xenophon
On Esotericism
John Smith, according to Jill Lepore, was prone to making things up. He claimed to have bedded princesses while battling by land or sea the world over. Russia, ...
Xenophon, “Apology of Socrates”
Xenophon, Apology of Socrates for Glen Thurow, whose civility & graciousness I still marvel at, and for Peter Lund, who understands how personal the love of...
Property and the Pursuit of Happiness: Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.2.14-23
With thanks to Jonathan Culp At times, ancient texts outdo our self-help gurus. Aristotle’s Ethics: “Read this book, be happy!” Plato’s ...
On Crispin Sartwell’s discussion of “kalos:” What does knowing have to do with nobility or beauty?
1. Encountered Crispin Sartwell’s “Six Names of Beauty” at the bookstore. Saw that he had a chapter on kalos, the ancient Greek word meaning &...