Monday, September 26, 2016
Peter
Wehner, a former Republican official, reviews a new book about the author of Narnia. He believes the great writer’s political
views were influenced by his religious background – and were close to those of “classical
liberals” like John Locke and John Stuart Mill.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
In
this essay, Stanford classicist and poli sci professor Josiah Ober tries to
explain why Socrates chose to accept the verdict of the Athenian jury – and commit
suicide. Ober introduces several different interpretations, and challenges the
conventional view doubting the legitimacy of the whole trial.
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