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?
Sorting Through Sophistries: Dishonesty in Detail Read More »
“These days people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” What’s the value of a good book?
Twenty-Five Top-Notch Lines in Literature Read More »
Socrates, though executed five years later, was arguably the last victim of the Thirty Tyrants.
Texts in Context: Thirty Tyrants and One Nuisance Read More »
This week, we discuss five minor fallacies. Four are essentially appeals to our insecurities; the fifth is a curveball.
Sorting Through Sophistries: Five Words to Watch Out For Read More »
“Pride goeth before a fall”; and Athens had much to be proud of in 431 BC.
Texts in Context: The Visitation of the Furies Read More »
As society changes, art changes too; but these changes are not always for the worse!
Why We Read Modern Books Read More »
Having driven the Persians off after the Battle of Platæa, Athens entered upon its classical era par excellence.
Texts in Context: The World of Pericles Read More »
The preposterous victory of the Greeks over the Persians is, in a sense, the beginning of a self-consciously Western civilization.
Texts in Context: The Triumph of Hellas Read More »
Other attempts at forcing agreement from an opponent, such as the loaded question and the petitio principii.
Sorting Through Sophistries:Riders of the Viciouscycle—Part II Read More »
Now we enter upon the “storied” parts of ancient history. A word seems in order, then, about stories; and so do a couple of stories.
Texts in Context: The Beginning of the Graeco-Persian War Read More »
