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14 08, 2017

Thomas Paine – American Philosophy

By |2017-08-14T13:00:34-07:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Philosophy|Comments Off on Thomas Paine – American Philosophy

Thomas Paine (by Matthew Pratt, about 1790) In the late 1700s AD, around the same time that Voltaire, du Chatelet, and Rousseau were writing philosophy in France, and Hume was writing in England, Thomas Paine was [...]

19 07, 2017

Greek hoplites and democracy – Classical Greece

By |2019-08-20T23:19:17-07:00July 19th, 2017|Greeks, War|Comments Off on Greek hoplites and democracy – Classical Greece

Greek hoplites and democracy - a Corinthian helmet from the 600s BC Hoplites needed armor When the Greek city-states turned to this new hoplite way of fighting, it meant that each man [...]

9 07, 2017

Who was Aeschylus? Athenian playwright

By |2019-01-17T13:22:40-08:00July 9th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Who was Aeschylus? Athenian playwright

Aeschylus's plays were performed in the Theater of Dionysos here on the Acropolis below the Parthenon in Athens Biography of Aeschylus Aeschylus (ESS-kill-us) is the earliest playwright in any language [...]

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