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Athenian Stranger

Philosophy with specialty in classical political philosophy, Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare and the late/postmodern reception of them

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"History" and the Gods of the Poets versus the Gods of the Philosophers

The meaning of "noble lies" in Plato, Nietzsche, and the creation of the Modern university

Plutarch On the Use of "History" for Greatness

The Meaning of "History" in Plutarch, Shakespeare, and Aristotle

The Purpose of Reading: Thucydides, Plutarch, Montesquieu, Nietzsche

The meaning of logos for life: Speeches and Deeds

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Aristotle's Great Souled Man and Nietzsche

The greatness of, and great tensions in, greatness of soul: From Thucydides, Christianity, and Shakespeare to Nietzsche

Thucydides's Spartans: On War, Education, and Philosophy

An Introduction to Pericles's Funeral Oration (part 2)

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An Intro to Pericles's Funeral Oration in Thucydides and the Problem of Academics

On the Meaning of Man, War, "Technology," and How to Read

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Nietzsche, History, Poetry, and the Universities

A Comprehensive Introduction to the Thought of Nietzsche (part 2): Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle for Nietzsche

Mark Twain: The Depths of His Thought About America for Us

Adventuring into Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer with Ivan Kenneally

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Homer, History, Science, Tragedy, Nihilism, and World-Creating

A Comprehensive Introduction to Nietzsche and Us (part 1)

Nietzsche on Science, Homer, and History

A Comprehensive Introduction to Nietzsche: Part 1

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Nietzsche on Academia and Classical Education

The Intro to My Discussion on Science, Philology, and History in the Thought of Nietzsche

Nietzsche on Academia and Classical Education

From Science, Philology, History, Homer and Art, to Beauty, Breeding, and Nihilism in the Thought of Nietzsche

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America's Gynocracy versus the Great Books

Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato, and Aristotle contra Effeminate Academics

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Plato's Laws: What is a God?

Unfolding the Wish of Law to Understand its Depths

Homer's Odyssey and Us

The Alternative to the Modern Enlightenment

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America's Founding and the Great Books

America, Christianity, and Plato

Why Read Plato and How to Begin

On the Meaning of the Cave for Properly Understanding Philosophy's Relation to Divine Revelation and Flourishing Political Community

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The Transformation of Christianity into Liberalism

The Political Philosophy Behind the Greatest Revolution in Human History

Christianity, Paganism, and Atheism

The Philosophical Origins of Belief and Disbelief in the "Science" and "History" of Biblical Interpretation

Philosophy & America: On Friends and Enemies

The "concept of the political," technology, democracy, and the entirety of Philosophy all the way back to Plato and Homer

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