In the Republic, Socrates proposes to his interlocutors that in order to understand the principle of justice in the soul, they should look for the principle of justice in a city. If they grasp the principle of justice in the city, then that principle can be understood in the soul. My proposal is to reverse […]
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The Epicurean philosophy of Horace’s Odes has something vital to teach those today who are besieged by anxiety and stress. While Epicurean philosophy misses the mark concerning what justice, the good, and freedom are, there is an important kernel of truth that I believe is extremely important for us to consider. Life in our modern […]
From the Russell Kirk Center, Darrell Falconburg’s review of Memoria College Press’ On Being Human: A Few Lines Amid the Breakage, by Tracy Lee Simmons. “In our age of modern decadence, the idea of civilization and the possibility of transmitting it to the next generation has been on many minds. What, indeed, is this treasure […]