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The Frogs, by Aristophanes

The Frogs, by Aristophanes

Dogma and the Tripartite Soul

Dogma and the Tripartite Soul

De Anima 2

De Anima 2

Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

De Anima 1: A Number that Moves Itself

De Anima 1: A Number that Moves Itself

War of the Roses 8: The King of Bling

War of the Roses 8: The King of Bling

"The Clouds," by Aristophanes

"The Clouds," by Aristophanes

Human Rights

Human Rights

The War of the Roses 7: Everybody Loses Their Head

The War of the Roses 7: Everybody Loses Their Head

Love What Lasts: An Interview with Josh Gibbs

Love What Lasts: An Interview with Josh Gibbs

The Fed

The Fed

The Plague

The Plague

The Gold Standard

The Gold Standard

Thought Experiments

Thought Experiments

The Pomposity of ChatGPT

The Pomposity of ChatGPT

The Final Kantdown

The Final Kantdown

War of the Roses 6: Wormwood

War of the Roses 6: Wormwood

Festschrift: A Celebration of Circe Institute's Andrew Kern

Festschrift: A Celebration of Circe Institute's Andrew Kern

Kant III: Get them endsssss

Kant III: Get them endsssss

War of the Roses 5: The Mad King

War of the Roses 5: The Mad King

Leaf by Niggle by Tolkien

Leaf by Niggle by Tolkien

The Discarded Image

The Discarded Image

I Kant Stop: ”Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals” pt. DEUX

I Kant Stop: ”Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals” pt. DEUX

War of the Roses 4: The Bookish King Lands a Hottie

War of the Roses 4: The Bookish King Lands a Hottie

I just Kant: ”Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals”

I just Kant: ”Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals”

The Nicomachean Ethics on why children are bad

The Nicomachean Ethics on why children are bad

Plato’s Crito

Plato’s Crito

"Learning in War Time" by C.S. Lewis

"Learning in War Time" by C.S. Lewis

Plato's Apology

Plato's Apology

Coleridge and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Coleridge and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Plato's Dialogue, "Euthyphro"

Plato's Dialogue, "Euthyphro"

War of the Roses 3: The Romantic Queen and the Monkish King

War of the Roses 3: The Romantic Queen and the Monkish King

Children's Literature - Live Recording!

Children's Literature - Live Recording!

The Social Contract: Rousseau goes ham all over Christianity

The Social Contract: Rousseau goes ham all over Christianity

War of the Roses 2: The Battle of Agincourt

War of the Roses 2: The Battle of Agincourt

Nietzsche, Leopardi, and the Meaning of Meaning

Nietzsche, Leopardi, and the Meaning of Meaning

War of the Roses: The Roots

War of the Roses: The Roots

The Social Contract 2: Electric Boogaloo

The Social Contract 2: Electric Boogaloo

Frederick Douglass on the 5th of July

Frederick Douglass on the 5th of July

Bronowski's "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination"

Bronowski's "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination"

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Social Contract" (Compact?)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Social Contract" (Compact?)

Nietzsche and the Genealogy of Morality

Nietzsche and the Genealogy of Morality

What are Wordsworth?

What are Wordsworth?

The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

The Proslogion

The Proslogion

Sympathy and Satan

Sympathy and Satan

Giacomo Leopardi

Giacomo Leopardi

Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

Ulysses, by James Joyce

Ulysses, by James Joyce

An Interview with Joshua Gibbs

An Interview with Joshua Gibbs

So Your Parents are Thinking of Sending You to a Classical Christian School

So Your Parents are Thinking of Sending You to a Classical Christian School

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

Atlas Shrugged and the Therapeutic Man

Atlas Shrugged and the Therapeutic Man

Herodotus IV: Cambyses "The Passable"

Herodotus IV: Cambyses "The Passable"

Leibniz and the best of all possible worlds

Leibniz and the best of all possible worlds

Is Classical Education Still Possible?

Is Classical Education Still Possible?

Atlas Shrugged: BECOME A TITAN OF INDUSTRY

Atlas Shrugged: BECOME A TITAN OF INDUSTRY

The Tao Te Ching

The Tao Te Ching

Causation

Causation

Advice from a Deep Friar

Advice from a Deep Friar

Existentialism is a Humanism

Existentialism is a Humanism

Herodotus III: Egypt and Water Horses

Herodotus III: Egypt and Water Horses

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Herodotus II: Was Cyrus That Great?

Herodotus II: Was Cyrus That Great?

The Enchiridion, by Epictetus

The Enchiridion, by Epictetus

Foil (the Literary Kind)

Foil (the Literary Kind)

How to Solve the Trolley Problem

How to Solve the Trolley Problem

What The Communist Manifesto Actually Says

What The Communist Manifesto Actually Says

Sir Gawain and the Decent Film

Sir Gawain and the Decent Film

Herodotus I: On History and Happiness

Herodotus I: On History and Happiness

The Happy Equation

The Happy Equation

Intro to the Epics

Intro to the Epics

What I Learned from Working in Student Life

What I Learned from Working in Student Life

John Donne and a Crash Course to Poetry

John Donne and a Crash Course to Poetry

Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling"

Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling"

The Tempest

The Tempest

How We Got the Book of Common Prayer

How We Got the Book of Common Prayer

Machiavelli's "The Prince" 2: Pie Fortress

Machiavelli's "The Prince" 2: Pie Fortress

The Great Divorce

The Great Divorce

Euclid and his "Elements"

Euclid and his "Elements"

Machiavelli's "The Prince"

Machiavelli's "The Prince"

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

Rodin's "Gates of Hell"

Rodin's "Gates of Hell"

How to Fix Modern Math

How to Fix Modern Math

Satan in Despair, from Milton's Paradise Lost

Satan in Despair, from Milton's Paradise Lost

Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise

Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise

The Intellectual Life

The Intellectual Life

The Faust and the Furious 3: Mopey Ol' Stiff

The Faust and the Furious 3: Mopey Ol' Stiff

The Cathars, or "The One Where the Guys Start a Cult"

The Cathars, or "The One Where the Guys Start a Cult"

Herding cats the right way according to Milton

Herding cats the right way according to Milton

An Introduction to Critical Theory with "A History of Private Life"

An Introduction to Critical Theory with "A History of Private Life"

Is the Bible Busted?

Is the Bible Busted?

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus

Perelandra

Perelandra

Ackbethmay (I'm sitting in a theater)

Ackbethmay (I'm sitting in a theater)

'Sall Good

'Sall Good

A Defense of Christmas

A Defense of Christmas

The Seeds of Poetry and "The Fall of Rome"

The Seeds of Poetry and "The Fall of Rome"

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Purgatorio VI: Purgatoryhohoho

Purgatorio VI: Purgatoryhohoho

Purgatorio V: Purgatorybro

Purgatorio V: Purgatorybro

Camus's "The Myth of Sisyphus"

Camus's "The Myth of Sisyphus"

Till [The Romantics] Have Faces

Till [The Romantics] Have Faces

Purgatorio IV: Purgatory, Yo

Purgatorio IV: Purgatory, Yo

The Stranger

The Stranger

I See Satan Fall Again, or "Lightning Does Strike Twice"

I See Satan Fall Again, or "Lightning Does Strike Twice"

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition

Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition

I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

Poetic Edda 2: An Otter Named Otter

Poetic Edda 2: An Otter Named Otter

Intellectus for the Rest of Us

Intellectus for the Rest of Us

Why English Teachers Are Liars

Why English Teachers Are Liars

The Poetic Edda: "Odin's Pickled Head"

The Poetic Edda: "Odin's Pickled Head"

Antonio Gramsci

Antonio Gramsci

Plato X - "Er Goes to Hell"

Plato X - "Er Goes to Hell"

Patronage

Patronage

Plato IX: Tyrone

Plato IX: Tyrone

The Ballad of The White Horse

The Ballad of The White Horse

Government Shmovernment

Government Shmovernment

Potty. I mean pottery. Wait . . . poetry. Nailed it.

Potty. I mean pottery. Wait . . . poetry. Nailed it.

Climbing Parnassus Two: Electric Boogaloo

Climbing Parnassus Two: Electric Boogaloo

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: Andreuccio Buys a Horse

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: Andreuccio Buys a Horse

Purgatorio I: not just what a happy, Italian cat says

Purgatorio I: not just what a happy, Italian cat says

The Abolition of Man Pt. 1: Men Without Chests

The Abolition of Man Pt. 1: Men Without Chests

The Spheres

The Spheres

The Trivium

The Trivium

The Grand Inquisitor

The Grand Inquisitor

Discipline

Discipline

Dorothy Sayers, or "The Trivium - Redux"

Dorothy Sayers, or "The Trivium - Redux"

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins

Dante and his Comedy

Dante and his Comedy

The Deep Joy of Romanticism

The Deep Joy of Romanticism

Cicero's "On Doody" . . . Number Two

Cicero's "On Doody" . . . Number Two

Logical Fallacies, Part 1

Logical Fallacies, Part 1

Plantagenets V: The Black Death and Pedro the Cruel

Plantagenets V: The Black Death and Pedro the Cruel

Friendship!

Friendship!

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: A Leeky Widow

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: A Leeky Widow

The Christian Knight

The Christian Knight

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: The King Eats Hens

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: The King Eats Hens

What IS classical?

What IS classical?

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: Intro to the Decameron

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: Intro to the Decameron

The Republic, Book IV

The Republic, Book IV

Acedia

Acedia

Plato VIII: Aaron, Timmy, Ollie, Dmitri, and Tyrone

Plato VIII: Aaron, Timmy, Ollie, Dmitri, and Tyrone

How to Write Really Gooder

How to Write Really Gooder

Plato VI: Philosophers are Wasters and Charlatans

Plato VI: Philosophers are Wasters and Charlatans

St. Francesco

St. Francesco

The Republic, Book III

The Republic, Book III

The Fall According to Milton

The Fall According to Milton

Purgatorio II: The Gates of Purgatory

Purgatorio II: The Gates of Purgatory

Shakespeare the Plagiarist

Shakespeare the Plagiarist

The Common Topics

The Common Topics

The Republic: Book 2

The Republic: Book 2

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: A Luckless Pirate

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: A Luckless Pirate

Oedipus at Colonus

Oedipus at Colonus

Classical Rhetorical Form

Classical Rhetorical Form

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: Bergamino's Clothes

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: Bergamino's Clothes

The Knights Templar, Part II

The Knights Templar, Part II

Pandemonium

Pandemonium

Knights Templar, Part III: Friday the 13th. For serious.

Knights Templar, Part III: Friday the 13th. For serious.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Brave New World

Brave New World

The History of the Plantagenets

The History of the Plantagenets

How to Read a Book

How to Read a Book

Chronological Snobbery

Chronological Snobbery

Usury doesn't mean what you think it means. Probably.

Usury doesn't mean what you think it means. Probably.

Heresy

Heresy

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: King Hugh I of Cyprus

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: King Hugh I of Cyprus

The Memory Palace

The Memory Palace

Socrates

Socrates

The Odyssey, Part I

The Odyssey, Part I

After Virtue

After Virtue

Another Sort of Learning

Another Sort of Learning

I See Hair Again, or "Heresy 2, the Re-schisming"

I See Hair Again, or "Heresy 2, the Re-schisming"

Hamlet, the Emo Teen

Hamlet, the Emo Teen

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: The Broth Drowned Inquisitor

Quarantine Stuff You Should Know: The Broth Drowned Inquisitor

Plantagenets IV, or "ROCKY GOES MEDIEVAL"

Plantagenets IV, or "ROCKY GOES MEDIEVAL"

Harold Bloom, Clearly a Gardener

Harold Bloom, Clearly a Gardener

The Odyssey, Part 2

The Odyssey, Part 2

Know Thyself (and thine own patronus)

Know Thyself (and thine own patronus)

Cicero's "On Doody" 3: Buyer Beware

Cicero's "On Doody" 3: Buyer Beware

Homer

Homer

The Consolation of Philosophy

The Consolation of Philosophy

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Beowulf

Beowulf

The Four Senses of Scripture

The Four Senses of Scripture

The Praise of Folly

The Praise of Folly

"Herman Who?" LIVE!

"Herman Who?" LIVE!

The Benefits of Illiteracy

The Benefits of Illiteracy

The Republic V: Plato and the Battle Children

The Republic V: Plato and the Battle Children

The Complexities of Oedipus Rex

The Complexities of Oedipus Rex

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Iliad Book XXII

Iliad Book XXII

Satire

Satire

Mimetic Teaching

Mimetic Teaching

Aristotle's Four Causes

Aristotle's Four Causes

Something They Will Not Forget

Something They Will Not Forget

The History of the Plantagenets II

The History of the Plantagenets II