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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Great Works & Authors
Student Essay: Does Power Corrupt?
We are taught Lord Acton’s proverb throughout our lives, but Orwell’s novella “Animal Farm,” surprisingly enough, tells a quite different tale about power.
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Marx: An Author Profile
Marx is, to put it mildly, a controversial figure. But nineteenth and twentieth century history cannot be understood without studying his ideas.
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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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Gandhi: An Author Profile
Mahatma Gandhi is the father of nonviolent resistance movements throughout the twentieth century, from India to the US to South Africa to the USSR.
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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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Classic Learning in Black History: Part III
To ignore the Great Books is to ignore centuries of Black American heritage; these were the texts by which the community gained freedom, in body and soul.
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Euripides: An Author Profile
The plays of Euripides confront us with sophisticated moral problems and subtle characterization that advance even on Æschylus and Sophocles.
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Student Essay: A Comparison of Plato’s and Aristotle’s Views of Eudaimonia
Plato and Aristotle, though agreeing on many points, have radically dissimilar understandings of “eudaimonia” (happiness). How do they inform one another?
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Confucius: An Author Profile
Confucius is not only one of the great minds of China, but has wielded an influence on the politics and culture of the entire world.
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