Up on Lacus in the last few days, a few more of the Greek originals of the Discourses of Dio Chrysostom: 53, 56, 57, 60, 80. For a while, some of the wind was taken out of my sails when I discovered t… more →
New at LacusCurtius & Liviuswrote 2 days ago: I did a series of thoughts on Reformed Theology a while back at a website I used to assist with on m … more →
wrote 3 days ago: Before Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, there were Anaximander’s opposites (hot/cold, good/evil … more →
wrote 3 days ago: I did a series of thoughts on Reformed Theology a while back at a website I used to assist with on m … more →
wrote 4 days ago: “God is an intelligible sphere, whose center is everywhere, and whose circumference is nowhere.” Min … more →
wrote 1 week ago: In these posts I have often focused on the close interaction between science, or natural philosophy, … more →
wrote 1 week ago: In his Enneads, the Neo-Platonic philosopher, Plotinus, expounds on his view of matter in the fourth … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Why is cynicism considered such a bad thing? Before looking at that, and because I want to pad out t … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Things change. People change. Sometimes from morning to night. Your view of a person changes, perha … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: I was reading R.S. Sproul’s monograph on the doctrine of the Trinity and found that he categor … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Aristotle said The subject of reasoning Organon I wrote … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: I visited the Hagia Sophia at the end of 2011. It is the most magnificent building I have ever seen. … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: The concept of Mother Earth is an ancient one, appearing in many different cultures. One of the most … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I have to ask myself sometimes what grips me. What focuses my attention? What do I pay attention to? … more →
wrote 1 month ago: ‘The wisdom of men is little or nothing’ – Socrates, from Plato’s account o … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.” - Heraclitus … more →
wrote 1 month ago: So, i’ve been working on my dissertation today a bit and thinking about some of the sayings of … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Pythagoras isn’t just known for his theorem on the triangle, which we should all be familiar w … more →
wrote 1 month ago: What are the central differences between Latin and Eastern theology? Is there are common thread of d … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I remember watching my father, years ago, while he was dying. That may sound a little morbid, but st … more →