PinnedFrank BreslininAge of AwarenessDid School Teach You to Think or to Memorize?Vivere est cogitare. To live is to think (Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, 5. 38. 111). How do we know when we’re thinking and not merely…Aug 182Aug 182
PinnedFrank BreslininAge of AwarenessThree Reasons Why Public High Schools Don’t Teach Critical ThinkingThe following warning should be affixed atop every computer in America’s schools: Proceed at your own risk. Don’t accept as true what…Dec 2, 202357Dec 2, 202357
PinnedFrank Breslin13 Fallacies You May be CommittingIn our daily lives, we often sense that something is not quite right with a line of reasoning, although we aren’t quite sure what it is…Jul 291Jul 291
Frank BreslinAncient Wisdom Literature That Could Change You ForeverSome prefer to learn wisdom by reading wisdom literature. This was certainly the way among ancient peoples, although most of them simply…10h ago10h ago
Frank BreslinMadame Bovary (1865)It was Gustave Flaubert’s intention neither to defend, nor condemn Emma’s behavior in Madame Bovary, but simply to understand her…15h ago15h ago
Frank BreslinWhy is Having No Problems the Worst Kind of Problem?Miserum te iudico, quod numquam fuisti miser. You are unfortunate if you’ve never known misfortune (Seneca, On Providence, 4. 3). What…19h ago19h ago
Frank BreslinWhose Side is God on?Fuge magna; licet sub paupere tecto reges et regum vita praecurrere amicos. Flee grandeur: under a humble roof your life will surpass that…20h ago20h ago
Frank BreslinWhen the powerful argue, the little man suffers.The innocent suffer in war as collateral damage, and soldiers fight for a cause not their own. Working-class youths join the armed forces…21h ago21h ago
Frank BreslinKeeping a Low Profile in the Ancient WorldTacere multis discitur vitae malis. Life’s many sorrows teach a man silence (Seneca, Thyestes, 319). Human beings get beaten down by life…22h ago22h ago
Frank BreslinA Marxist, Christian, & Secularist Debate HistorySutor ne supra crepidam. A cobbler should stick to his last (Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 35. 36. 85). Your father was a shoemaker, so…1d ago1d ago
