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The Importance of Writing in a Free Society February 25, 2025
Plato’s Republic, written in the 4th century BC, inaugurated political philosophy and paved the way for the creation of both the American government and Western democracy as a whole. However, while the Founding Fathers borrowed many of Plato’s ideas ...
The Winding Passage Back to Plato February 07, 2024
Two years ago, Glenn Ellmers caused both the mouth-foaming Left and the surrendered Right to soil their undies by arguing that radicals have changed America so significantly that the Right must no longer speak of conservation but of counterrevolution...
Thinking and Drinking with Plato January 08, 2024
My favorite back-to-school reading this year has been Alex Priou’s Musings on Plato’s Symposium. I hurry to add that I’ve long been out of school, but I did pick up the habit of reading there, and what’s more American than lifelong learning? I knew t...
