ErasmusAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown As much as the printing press itself, Erasmus revolutionized western scholarship. ❧ Full name and titles: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus [dĕz-ĭ-dêŕ-ē-ŭs êŕ-ăz-mŭs rø-têŕ-ø-dä-mŭs; […]
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The Great Conversation: Punishment By Matt McKeown It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. Publilius Syrus The idea of punishment usually
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CatherineAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown St. Catherine of Siena was undaunted by her own status and that of others, following her conscience alone. ❧ Full name and
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GibbonAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Gibbon has left his mark on English-language literature and history. ❧ Full name and titles: Edward Gibbon [ĕd-wàŕd gĭb-øn; see our pronunciation guide
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BunyanAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Bunyan conveys great moral and spiritual insight in a surprisingly accessible novel. ❧ Full name and titles: John Bunyan [jôn bŭn-yàn; see
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The Great Conversation: Logic By Matt McKeown Why don’t they teach logic in these schools? Logic is the name of a few closely related things. It is often
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WollstonecraftAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Wollstonecraft represented the first glimmer of female equality before the law. ❧ Full name and titles: Mary Wollstonecraft [mê-rē wõł-støn-krăft; see our pronunciation
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The Great Conversation: Family By Matt McKeown The family is a universal context and, accordingly, a universal concept. The family is one of the oldest institutions in human
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ThucydidesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In classical Greece, even the strictest historian was obliged to be at the same time a tragedian. ❧ Full name and titles:
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StoweAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Few authors have done more to rouse the conscience of a nation. ❧ Full name and titles: Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe [hêŕ-ē-ĕt
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