# Athenian Stranger Philosophy with specialty in classical political philosophy, Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare and the late/postmodern reception of them Page: Feed: --- ## ["History" and the Gods of the Poets versus the Gods of the Philosophers](https://athenians.substack.com/p/history-and-the-gods-of-the-poets) _2026-08-05 · Athenian Stranger_ The meaning of "noble lies" in Plato, Nietzsche, and the creation of the Modern university ## [Plutarch On the Use of "History" for Greatness](https://athenians.substack.com/p/plutarch-on-the-use-of-history-for) _2026-06-23 · Athenian Stranger_ The Meaning of "History" in Plutarch, Shakespeare, and Aristotle ## [The Purpose of Reading: Thucydides, Plutarch, Montesquieu, Nietzsche](https://athenians.substack.com/p/the-purpose-of-reading-thucydides) _2026-06-11 · Athenian Stranger_ The meaning of logos for life: Speeches and Deeds [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201617105/4656df64bf70f35fa52377fb47779259.mp3) ## [Aristotle's Great Souled Man and Nietzsche](https://athenians.substack.com/p/aristotles-great-souled-man-and-nietzsche) _2026-06-06 · Athenian Stranger_ 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](https://athenians.substack.com/p/thucydidess-spartans-on-war-education) _2026-06-02 · Athenian Stranger_ An Introduction to Pericles's Funeral Oration (part 2) [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200359940/fa2175d7675612009b61a12f6502ec14.mp3) ## [An Intro to Pericles's Funeral Oration in Thucydides and the Problem of Academics](https://athenians.substack.com/p/an-intro-to-pericless-funeral-oration) _2026-05-25 · Athenian Stranger_ On the Meaning of Man, War, "Technology," and How to Read [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199219715/054f871af84d0d591b101c70584f6e95.mp3) ## [Nietzsche, History, Poetry, and the Universities](https://athenians.substack.com/p/nietzsche-history-poetry-and-the) _2026-05-19 · Athenian Stranger_ 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](https://athenians.substack.com/p/mark-twain-the-depths-of-his-thought) _2026-03-12 · Athenian Stranger_ Adventuring into Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer with Ivan Kenneally [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190779214/4d02a41bc357ae860c088115d9027c6d.mp3) ## [Homer, History, Science, Tragedy, Nihilism, and World-Creating](https://athenians.substack.com/p/homer-history-science-tragedy-nihilism) _2026-03-07 · Athenian Stranger_ A Comprehensive Introduction to Nietzsche and Us (part 1) ## [Nietzsche on Science, Homer, and History](https://athenians.substack.com/p/nietzsche-on-science-homer-and-history) _2026-02-12 · Athenian Stranger_ A Comprehensive Introduction to Nietzsche: Part 1 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187786461/954c71dd1ce8198a86e407e5088725ac.mp3) ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YOdt0nqNmkuf) _2026-02-12 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [Nietzsche on Academia and Classical Education](https://athenians.substack.com/p/nietzsche-on-academia-and-classical-e20) _2026-02-04 · Athenian Stranger_ The Intro to My Discussion on Science, Philology, and History in the Thought of Nietzsche ## [Nietzsche on Academia and Classical Education](https://athenians.substack.com/p/nietzsche-on-academia-and-classical) _2026-02-01 · Athenian Stranger_ From Science, Philology, History, Homer and Art, to Beauty, Breeding, and Nihilism in the Thought of Nietzsche [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186513177/bdee1133be2522ae4825df64f36f692d.mp3) ## [America's Gynocracy versus the Great Books](https://athenians.substack.com/p/americas-gynocracy-versus-the-great) _2026-01-26 · Athenian Stranger_ Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato, and Aristotle contra Effeminate Academics [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185804774/75bd3ce79826401a2c8dca7c92d02f1a.mp3) ## [Plato's Laws: What is a God?](https://athenians.substack.com/p/platos-laws-what-is-a-god) _2026-01-15 · Athenian Stranger_ Unfolding the Wish of Law to Understand its Depths ## [Homer's Odyssey and Us](https://athenians.substack.com/p/homers-odyssey-and-us) _2025-12-30 · Athenian Stranger_ The Alternative to the Modern Enlightenment [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/183000322/28755211b0386f5b560b85ef68c76495.mp3) ## [America's Founding and the Great Books](https://athenians.substack.com/p/americas-founding-and-the-great-books) _2025-12-22 · Athenian Stranger_ America, Christianity, and Plato ## [Why Read Plato and How to Begin](https://athenians.substack.com/p/why-read-plato-and-how-to-begin) _2025-11-23 · Athenian Stranger_ On the Meaning of the Cave for Properly Understanding Philosophy's Relation to Divine Revelation and Flourishing Political Community [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/179704067/dd4a9c5c7c11d58c048d1958c4981069.mp3) ## [The Transformation of Christianity into Liberalism](https://athenians.substack.com/p/the-transformation-of-christianity) _2025-11-06 · Athenian Stranger_ The Political Philosophy Behind the Greatest Revolution in Human History ## [Christianity, Paganism, and Atheism](https://athenians.substack.com/p/christianity-paganism-and-atheism) _2025-10-21 · Athenian Stranger_ The Philosophical Origins of Belief and Disbelief in the "Science" and "History" of Biblical Interpretation ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/10ZzbzN4LNXl) _2025-10-21 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [Philosophy & America: On Friends and Enemies](https://athenians.substack.com/p/philosophy-and-america-on-friends) _2025-10-15 · Athenian Stranger_ The "concept of the political," technology, democracy, and the entirety of Philosophy all the way back to Plato and Homer [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176235120/0e8cc57db7d81e8b0b5a23bfd2c7ea54.mp3)