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…2d ago2d 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…2d ago2d 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…4d ago4d 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)…4d ago4d 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…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinVirtue is the mid-point between two opposite vices.What is Being Moral All About? Part 85d ago5d 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…5d ago5d ago