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The Rational Walk

Articles and notes about the Great Books of Western Civilization

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The Republic: Books I and II

Note to Readers: This is a long article about the first two books of Plato’s Republic. It began informally as a notebook entry. Normally I post such notes to the website but I do not email them to subscribers. In this case, I added more det...

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The Greek Way

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