Texts in Context: The Seven Kings of Rome
Texts in Context:The Seven Kings of Rome By Gabriel Blanchard All roads lead to Rome, they say, and the student of its history is apt to retort that […]
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The World’s Loveliest Libraries
Nine Beautiful Bookeries of the World People were stupid, sometimes. They thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough,
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Texts in Context: Hellenistic Religion
Texts in Context:Hellenistic Religion By Gabriel Blanchard We here take final look over the Hellenistic age, focusing on the religious atmosphere between Alexander and Actium. 5. Hellenistic Religion:
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Sorting Through Sophistries: The Fleet of Theseus
Theseus called; he wants his ship back. Oh, and Bertrand Russell called; he needs to know where he can put his box full of boxes?
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Texts in Context: Just What Was the Hellenistic Period?
As Dickens put it: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. At least, one assumes it could have been someone’s best of times; we know more about the other one.
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Pathetic Appeals (That Are Bad)
Here we offer the “mugshots” of some common sophistical appeals to emotion. Take note of their traits; next time you see them, they probably won’t be labeled.
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Texts in Context: Aristotle and Alexander
In less than twenty years, Alexander the Great transfigured the world and its future.
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Appeals to Emotion (Aren’t Always Bad)
Like poisoning the well or the fallacy fallacy, we have here a set of ambivalent sophistries; they lack commitment to being sophistical.
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Texts in Context: The Legacy of Socrates
Death is normally the end of a person’s story; but for a small handful of figures, Socrates among them, things only get more interesting afterwards.
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Dishonesty in Detail
Fortune-tellers claim to divine secrets from kings, jokers, and knaves; but what is the real source of their information? And for that matter, is it information?
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