Showing posts with label Italian philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian philosophy. Show all posts
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Note: This blog post quotes from some historical documents, which contain words that would now be considered offensive.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...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

A review of “St. Thomas Aquinas” (audiobook)

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The Italian philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas is appreciated by more than just  Catholics . He is also venerated by some  Protestant groups , ...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

A review of “Mussolini: The History of Italian Fascism”

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“I have never wished anyone dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” – Paraphrase of defense lawyer Clarence Darrow , in ...
Monday, May 22, 2023

A review of “Science in Antiquity” (audiobook)

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People have been curious about the natural world for as long as human beings have existed. The scientific impulse began very early in our hi...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

A review of “Astronomy: The Heavenly Challenge” (audiobook)

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The battle over the Sun-centered universe was as much political as it was scientific. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , a th...
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...
Saturday, December 25, 2021

A review of “Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity” (audiobook)

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“I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurre...
Monday, May 3, 2021

A review of Machiavelli’s “The Prince” (audiobook)

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I had read “The Prince” itself before listening to this audiobook, sometime during the winter of 2006-2007. It was in English translation ...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

A review of “Classical Religions and Myths of the Mediterranean Basin” (audiobook)

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“ Declare, O Muse! in what ill-fated hour Sprung the fierce strife, from what offended power Latona’s son a dire contagion spread, And heap...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

Some thoughts about classical education

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“[Chaerephon] went to Delphi and boldly asked the oracle to tell him … whether anyone was wiser than I was, and the Pythian prophetess ans...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Actually, Machiavelli WAS pro-dictatorship (and Rousseau was wrong about him)

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“I admit that, provided the subjects remained always in submission, the prince's interest would indeed be that it should be powerful, ...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

A review of “The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance” (PBS Empires)

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“To the Magnificent Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici : Those who strive to obtain the good graces of a prince are accustomed to come befo...
Friday, May 26, 2017

Where do I find Latin and Greek works in the original?

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You might try the Loeb Classical Library , described at Wikipedia here and found at this website here . (The rest of this post is about h...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Falling in love with Classics: How I rediscovered Ancient Greece and Rome

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"Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans , and of the Stoicks , encountered him [Paul]. And some said, What will this babbler say...