‘Man is by nature a suspicious animal!’ I hope Aristotle would have forgiven my (mis)appropriation of his original statement (‘man is by...

Well, the Tea-Drinkers are obviously the English. Our famous stereotype as tea sippers and samplers even made it into Asterix, although...

Classical Thought for the Day Flicking through my LinkedIn posts as is my wont, I was intrigued by the following post:...

This trend in research on leadership was noted by Yusuf M. Sidani of the Olayan School of Business in his 2014 article in the Journal of...

Friedrich Dürrenmatt – A Tragedian for Our Times Der Besuch der Alten Dame – A Modern Greek Tragedy[1] I first encountered the wonderful...

"It's a blessing when you have a like-minded group to support you. One that gets the challenges you face, offers support and advice and...

Einstein and the ancients might initially seem like an odd juxtaposition, science legend Einstein and thinkers of the ancient world....

A Challenge and Alternative to the Socratic Denial of the Weakness of Will In his Nichomachean Ethics (1145b), Aristotle rigorously...

Do we actually knowingly do wrong? Joking about Cadbury’s mini eggs aside (but my goodness, aren’t they good?), it is almost a reflex...

If you put the term ‘EPICUREAN’ into Dictionary.com, the meaning at the top of the list is: “fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence...

After my first set of exams at university, there was one morning where I woke early, couldn’t get back to sleep (pre-dawn, just), and so...

This article is inspired by a recent article in Classical Wisdom, on ‘Horror – Ancient Greek Style’ (https://classicalwisdom.com/culture/...

Classical Thought for the Day XXIV I remember once conversing with a fellow graduate student at the start of term party, when we got on...

- Know Thyself: Sententia Cotidiana XXI The question of today’s ‘thought’ is what this phrase really means. Scrolling through a few...

Lessons from Delphi There are two famous maxims of Greek thought inscribed on the temple of Apollo at Delphi: · μὴδεν ἄγαν ...

For World Mother Earth Day Thursday 22 April 2021 Just like us, the Greeks and Romans were adept at exploiting the environment for their...

12/04/2021 Whilst reading a short piece by Quintus Slide in the latest issue of my husband’s MoneyWeek (9/04/2021), I was struck by an...

The Histories of Herodotus are a lively, varied, and highly readable work, a rather lighter experience than the gloomy, disgruntled...

WHAT WOULD THE ROMANS HAVE MADE OF SOCIAL MEDIA? ‘Write the Facebook page of (insert famous ancient figure)’ as a revision activity has...