Frank BreslinBeing Number OneThere is an ambition so crazed that it thinks itself last if just one is ahead. Tantus erit ambitionis furor, ut nemo tibi post te…1d ago1d ago
Frank BreslinFortune is fickle; she soon wants back what she has givenLevis est Fortuna: cito reposcit quod dedit. Fortune is fickle; she soon wants back what she has given (Publilius Syrus, Maxims, 335)…1d ago1d ago
Frank BreslinFear of Success in the Ancient WorldSuccessus ad perniciem multos devocat. Success has destroyed many a man (Phaedrus, Fables, 3. 5. 1). There is a sense of foreboding in the…1d ago1d ago
Frank BreslinVirtue is the mid-point between two opposite vices.What is Being Moral All About? Part 82d ago2d ago
Frank BreslinThe Romans on Morality with a Modern Commentary: Part 3Quam angusta innocentia est ad legem bonum esse. How narrow is goodness as defined by the law (Seneca, On Anger, 2. 28. 2). Don’t stop at…2d ago2d ago
Frank BreslinThe Romans on Morality with a Modern Commentary: Part 2Velocius et citius nos corrumpunt vitiorum exempla domestica, magnis cum subeunt animos auctoribus. Bad example at home corrupts all the…2d ago2d ago
Frank BreslinThe Romans on Morality with a Modern Commentary: Part 1Nemo repente fuit turpissimus. No one becomes evil all of a sudden (Juvenal, Satires, 2. 83). All too gradually we can begin to lose our…2d ago2d ago
Frank BreslinCan You Overcome Social Conditioning?After reviewing the 17 conditioning factors, do you feel that you have been affected by any of them? Or do you feel immune to these…3d ago13d ago1