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, May 20, 2017

A review of PBS's “Dolley Madison” movie

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Most women who marry heads-of-state seem forever destined to languish in obscurity. They are usually known by those who study their husban...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Learning the basics of Ancient Greek from a book

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"The study of Ancient Greek has long been a bookish pursuit , and rightly so. For this language we have only the books (and other wri...
Saturday, May 6, 2017

The conservative who liked philosophy

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"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes It's a funny thing about  philosophy majors  - none of them knew they wanted ...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

A review of “A History of Japan” (by R. H. P. Mason & J. G. Caiger)

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"We, the Japanese people, acting through our duly elected representatives in the National Diet, determined that we shall secure for o...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

A review of Michael Wood's “Story of England”

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“... t here was not one single hide, nor a yard [endnote] of land, nay, moreover (it is shameful to tell, though he thought it no shame t...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

States' rights: The ongoing debate

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"Treason against the United States shall consist only in  levying war against them , or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid...