Xenophon—Œconomick: II
Western Thought
Xenophon—a student of Socrates—writes the first work on the study of economics.
To have an Eye over those, whose Business lies within Doors; and...
Xenophon—Œconomick: I
Western Thought
Xenophon—a student of Socrates—writes the first work on the study of economics.
We agreed in the first Place, said Socrates, that Oeconomy is the...
Plutarch’s Morals: On Moral Virtue
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Plutarch's Morals: “On Moral Virtue”, 75 A.C.E.
§ i. I propose to discuss what is called and appears to be moral...
Plutarch’s Morals: On Virtue And Vice
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Plutarch's Morals: “Virtue and Vice”, 75 A.C.E.
§ i. Clothes seem to warm a man, not by throwing out heat themselves...
Plutarch’s Morals: That Virtue May Be Taught
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Plutarch's Morals: “That Virtue May Be Taught”, 75 A.C.E.
§ i. As to virtue we deliberate and dispute whether good sense,...
Plutarch’s Morals: Consolatory Letter To His Wife
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Plutarch's Morals: “ Consolatory Lettter To His Wife”, 75 A.C.E.
§ i. Plutarch to his wife sends greeting. The messenger that you sent...
Plutarch’s Morals: Conjugal Precepts
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Plutarch's Morals: “Conjugal Precepts: Greeting To Pollianus And Eurydice.”, 75 A.C.E.
After the customary marriage rites, by which, the Priestess of...
Plutarch’s Morals: On Love
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Plutarch's Morals: “On Love”, 75 A.C.E.
Flavianus And Autobulus, The Openers Of The Dialogue, Are Brothers. The Other Speakers Are Their...
Plutarch’s Morals: On Love To One’s Offspring
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Plutarch's Morals: II “On Love To One's Offspring”, 75 A.C.E.
§ i. Appeals to foreign law-courts were first devised among the...
Plutarch’s Morals: On Education
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Plutarch's Morals: “On Education”, 75 A.C.E.
§ i. Come let us consider what one might say on the education of free...
Plutarch: Otho
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Plutarch: “Otho”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E.
The new emperor went early in the morning to the capitol, and sacrificed; and, having...
Plutarch: Galba
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Plutarch: “Galba”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E.
Iphicrates the Athenian used to say that it is best to have a mercenary soldier...
Plutarch: Artaxerxes
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Plutarch: “Artaxerxes”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E.
The first Artaxerxes, among all the kings of Persia the most remarkable for a gentle...
Plutarch: Aratus
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Plutarch: “Aratus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E.
The philosopher Chrysippus, O Polycrates, quotes an ancient proverb, not as really it should be,...
Ancient Philosophers: The Doctrine of Socrates, Ethics
Classic Philosophers: The Great Thinkers of the Western World
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS: THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
by Jonathan Dolhenty, Ph.D.
V. The Doctrine of Socrates: Ethics
In...
Plutarch: Comparison of Dion and Brutus
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Plutarch: “Comparison of Dion and Brutus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E.
There are noble points in abundance in the characters of these...
Ancient Philosophers: The Doctrine of Socrates, Concepts
Classic Philosophers: The Great Thinkers of the Western World
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS: THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
by Jonathan Dolhenty, Ph.D.
IV. The Doctrine of Socrates, Concepts
The...
Ancient Philosophers: The Philosophy of Socrates, His Life
Classic Philosophers: The Great Thinkers of the Western World
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS: THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
by Jonathan Dolhenty, Ph.D.
I. The Philosophy of Socrates: Live...
Plutarch: Marcus Brutus
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Plutarch: “Marcus Brutus”, Plutarch's Lives, 75 A.C.E.
Marcus Brutus was descended from that Junius Brutus to whom the ancient Romans erected...
Power Against People: A Christian Critique of the State
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
Introduction
Ever since that period in European history known as the ‘18th century Enlightenment,’ the idea has firmly taken root in Western...