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philosophy/plato

Plato, “Cleitophon”

Posted on February 26, 2015 by ashok

Plato, “Cleitophon” (trans. W.R.M. Lamb; below, citations and quotes are from Clifford Orwin’s translation. Numbers in parentheses without an ...

philosophy/politics

Herodotus, “The History” I.163-169: The Story of the Phocaeans

Posted on December 5, 2014 by ashok

Having put down a rebellion, Cyrus split his forces in order to take that much more beyond his empire. Harpagus was appointed general of one part of the army, a...

philosophy/politics

Three Stories from Herodotus, “The History,” Book 1

Posted on November 21, 2014 by ashok

Once again I have put together a piece of writing that sounds like a really ambitious 8th grader trying to have heady thoughts while distracted watching a Leagu...

philosophy

Seth Benardete, “A. E. Housman”

Posted on October 22, 2014 by ashok

For Nathaniel Cochran Seth Benardete, “A. E. Housman” Benardete begins by telling us Housman was a great scholar. So great he had a specific wish fo...

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On the Etruscan Pair of shields with head of Acheloos, on view at the Dallas Museum of Art

Posted on March 12, 2014 by ashok

Art discussed in this post: Pair of shields with head of Acheloos. Bronze. Etruscan, 6th c. BC. Lent by the Republic of Italy to the DMA: 135.2012.5-6 You can v...

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