Frank BreslinEscaping Plato’s Cave by Reading: Part 2Read Widely to Broaden & Deepen YourselfJust nowJust now
Frank BreslinEscaping Plato’s Cave by ReadingReading is another way of escaping the Cave of our culture, especially literature from the past. Times-gone-by and places-far-away will no…Just nowJust now
Frank BreslinA Student Guide for Escaping Plato’s Cave by PhilosophyIf you’re the kind of student who gives a quiet chuckle every time someone tells you that they have “the answers”; if you feel a sense of…Just nowJust now
Frank BreslinEscaping Plato’s Cave by TravelWeite Reise macht weise. Extensive travel makes us wise, less judgmental, more open-minded and tolerant. Travel sets us free from the…Just nowJust now
Frank BreslinReading for oxygen in a claustrophobic worldReading Shakespeare, the Greeks, and the classics; reading for life-wisdom, nourishment, guidance and growth; reading to save one’s soul…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinLiving in a Post-Literate CultureImagine a modern Everyman as a tabula rasa upon which is imprinted a post-literate culture. So much time is spent on making a living and…3d ago3d ago
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…5d ago5d 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)…5d ago5d 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…5d ago5d ago