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...

How to chat up a girl! Or not.... Cheesey chat up lines...we've probably all experienced one or two of those. And they are nothing new!...

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...

Sententia Hodierna! (SHD) XXIII I would like to thank Ancient Wisdom for sharing the following quotation by Kierkegaard, which has...

Sententia Cotidiana XXII So squawks the hawk on Mary Poppins’ umbrella at the end of the film. But on a more serious note, gratitude is a...

- 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 ...

Descriptions of nature can often reveal the timelessness of ancient literature. Earlier today I posted a short article on my Tumblr blog...

Discoveries have not always been welcomed. At first, some have even been feared, or branded heresy, impiety, treachery, you name it. This...

Music and Human Character The second part of this exploration of the power and importance of music by ancient authors looks at the...

Music is one of life’s pleasures and one we can all enjoy. I love music and I enjoy playing it and performing it. I make no claim to...

Ancient Words, Modern Wisdom Two posts on my LinkedIn feed inspired today’s ‘Thought for the Day.’ The first was a clearly very capable...

At the opening of his book, The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity, Benjamin Isaac notes that the term ‘racism’ is relatively...

Today’s thought for the day is inspired by the following passage from the Greek historian, Polybius. “They also entrusted them [a...

“Education breeds knowledge. Knowledge can lead to critical thinking. Critical thinking is power.” This Aristotle-styled syllogism is...

Is Democracy a necessary condition for Comedy to flourish? When I Googled ‘the connection between democracy and comedy’, on the first...

It looks as thought the theme for the week is going to be ancient concepts and terms used in modern education. Today, we look at the word...