Ovid: An Author Profile
OvidAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown In both Ovid’s light verse and his grander work, the two aspects of the Roman Venus are clearly discernible. ❧ Full name […]
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The Great Conversation: Law
The Great Conversation: Law By Matt McKeown Man is a political animal. … Right? Some of the great ideas come up more often around elections, and law is
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The Great Conversation: Desire
The Great Conversation: Desire By Matt McKeown There are few ideas more deceitfully simple than desire. Desire is a more complicated subject than it may appear at first
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The Great Conversation: Beauty
The Great Conversation: Beauty By Matt McKeown The definition of beauty—indeed, whether it can be defined at all—is a remarkably difficult problem in the history of thought. Goodness,
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Maimonides: An Author Profile
MaimonidesAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Maimonides shaped all subsequent schools of Judaism, and even the development of Medieval Christianity. ❧ Full name and titles: Moshe ben Maimon,
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The Great Conversation: Fate
The Great Conversation: Fate By Matt McKeown Fate is an idea as old as the written word. The will of Jove, the Viking Norns, the cycle of samsāra
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Plutarch: An Author Profile
PlutarchAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown History is a standard subject in every curriculum. But why do we study it? ❧ Full name and titles: Lucius Mestrius Plutarch
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Brontë: An Author Profile
“Jane Eyre” is a classic novel of the Romantic movement, but its moral backbone is what makes its protagonist and her story compelling.
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The Great Conversation: Poetry
Poetry is one of the oldest arts, yet many people today know little of it; approaching it through pleasure instead of intellect may be the key.
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Beowulf: A Book Profile
“Beowulf” combines a Christianized worldview with the melancholy themes of the Norse Ragnarok, and in so doing achieves a solitary poetic quality.
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