
Homeric Similes and Nature's Wonders II
Homer's Similes: Human Beings and Nature's Analogies I suspect we have all been feeling a little deluged by events over the past few...

Another kind of narrow…
I came across an article the other day that queried the relevance of degrees in the modern job market. This annoyed me for two main...

New Skills or Natural Human Capacities?
About a year ago a good friend of mine, ancient philosophy scholar, Nicholas Denyer (Trinity College, Cambridge) shared the following...

I. All About Us
The Human Heart of Myth It is very easy to think of myths as stories full of magic and fantasy and should not be taken as serious in...

Human souls, human systems
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...

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







