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Cicero
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Monday, June 10, 2024
How the Greeks and Romans influenced the Founding Fathers
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Note: This blog post quotes from some historical documents, which contain words that would now be considered offensive. These words are only...
Monday, January 3, 2022
A review of “Stoics and Epicureans” (audiobook)
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There’s a brief mention of the Epicureans and Stoics in the New Testament . Specifically, in “The Acts of the Apostles,” it is said that “c...
Cicero and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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The apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have referenced the Roman statesman Cicero a number of times, even quoti...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Some of the credit for “separation of powers” should go to Polybius
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“It is well known that in the Roman republic the legislative authority, in the last resort, resided for ages in two different political b...
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