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Back to Search#40 - Art, Psychology and the Ancient World with Dr. Nickolas Pappas
Episode 40
Super heroes and super twisted plots... is Sophocles a better psychological playwright than Euripides? How can we understand ancient art? And would P…
4 years, 11 months ago
#39 - What About Thebes?
Episode 39
What about Thebes?
When thinking of the ancient Greek world, Athens and Sparta are the cities that jump to mind. Of Course the birth of Democracy and…
4 years, 11 months ago
#38 - Classics Without the Classroom: A Guide to Getting (Really) Educated…
Episode 38
Can we understand the Classics without the Classroom? A guide to getting (really) educated… with Dr. James Hankins, Professor of History at Harvard U…
4 years, 11 months ago
#37 - Lost in Thought with Zena Hitz
Episode 37
How can we Truly be lost in thought? What does the love of learning look like... can it be corrupted? And how can we find the time for leisure?
This …
5 years ago
#36 - War Dead in Archaic Athens with Cezary Kucewicz
Episode 36
It’s Niche. Very Niche... But how exactly did ancient Athens bury their soldiers? How did this change over time? And what huge implications could thi…
5 years ago
#35 - Strategic Humanism with Claudia Hauer
Episode 35
How are the Classics relevant to modern leaders? What lessons can they learn from Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides or Aristotle? And what can these ancie…
5 years ago
#34 - Defending the Western Canon...? With Zachary Davis
Episode 34
What is the Canon? How is it defined? What should it look like... and should we even have it in the first place?
This week’s Classical Wisdom Speaks …
5 years, 1 month ago
#33 - Stoic Duty: The Formula for Living Well with Jack Visnjic
Episode 33
What was the Stoic Formula for living the good life? When was the idea of moral duty conceived? And why was its invention so controversial?
This week…
5 years, 1 month ago
#32 - Can We Find Stoic Joy? With William B. Irvine
Episode 32
Can we experience Stoic Joy? Why has there been a dramatic change in how we perceive Stoicism? And how can the ancient philosophy reduce stress and a…
5 years, 1 month ago
#31 - Lost Technologies and Deciphering Reality with Dr. Benjamin B. Olshin
Episode 31
What happened to Lost technology? Was there an ancient advanced society? How did the ancients decipher reality... and has the concept of Time itself …
5 years, 1 month ago