Athens Corner
These are previews from my website AthensCorner.com of in-depth discussions on the Western world's greatest books in philosophy and political philosophy. There are also occasional previews for my Fathers & Sons series on the website devoted to guiding and assisting fathers who themselves want to educate their sons in the great books, and so the emphasis is upon examples of excellence of virtue.
Athens Corner
Plutarch, Our American Founders, and Greatness
This is an X/Twitter space where I discuss Plutarch and his relevance for us today, particularly as Americans on the 4th of July
Themes of the discussion:
— Plutarch and the American Founding
— Plutarch on “history” in relation to greatness, the beautiful, the heroic, the sacred
I took 3 different approaches:
1) Explaining why Plutarch is relevant for us via the tradition from Machiavelli to the Federalists and AntiFederalist (with hints at the much early sources than Machiavelli)
2) What even is “history”?
3) Simply opening Plutarch and reading