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What’s the Role of Education?
The website Classical Wisdom (classicalwisdom.substack.com) recently posed the question “What’s the purpose of education?” This letter is my response. Please note that telos is the Greek word for usefulness, purpose, end or goal; summum bonum is Latin for highest or greatest good: ’Dear Ms. Anya Leonard, Regarding Classical Wisdom’s topic: “What’s the Role of Education?“ This response deals…
Antikythera Mechanism: The ancient 'computer' that simply shouldn't exist
A hundred and twenty years ago, divers discovered a shipwreck off the island of Antikythera in Greece. What they found changed our understanding of human history. The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism has captured the imagination of archaeologists, mathematicians, and scientists ever since, even inspiring the plot for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny! Now, using the latest 3D X-ray and modelling technology, experts are unravelling the secrets of what this machine may have been capable of. Video by Harriet Constable
For further reading: https://classicalwisdom.com/science/archeology/missing-piece-of-worlds-oldest-computer-discovered/
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The Antikythera Mechanism
A boots-on-the-ground biography of Thermopylae.
There is a place, a narrow strip of land, where bravery and sacrifice became legendary… where the famed ‘300’ laid down their lives to save the Hellas in 480 BC … Last Day to join for free. Use the link in the above article.
Rethinking Anxiety as a Source not only of Suffering but of Insight
Anxiety disorders are the most common of all mental disorders. Considered pathology, anxiety is the most diagnosed and medicated of all psychological disorders... but what if it isn't always or only a medical condition?
From Greek tragedies and Buddhism to actual practices from ancient doctors like Galen, there are a myriad of important lessons about anxiety that can be gleaned from the past. Indeed, the ancients had a lot to say about anxiety and mental conditions in general... and their perspective and observations were at times very different from those found in our modern era.
With the help of both ancient philosophy and history, how can we see anxiety as a source not only of suffering, but also of insight?
Join us on March 6th at Noon EST to rethink anxiety.
Featuring professor emeritus of philosophy at Brooklyn College and author of “Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide”, Samir Chopra, Vanderbilt physician, Assistant Professor of Classics and author of “How to Be Healthy”, Katherine D. Van Schaik, and professor of Classics at Cornell University and author of “How to Grieve”, Michael Fontaine.
If you can’t join us live, do not worry! We will send a recording to all those who register.
About the Speakers:
Samir Chopra is a philosophical counselor and professor emeritus of philosophy at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author and coauthor of many books, including Shyam Benegal: Philosopher and Filmmaker, A Legal Theory for Autonomous Artificial Agents, and Eye on Cricket: Reflections on the Great Game. His essays have appeared in the Nation, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Aeon, Psyche, and other publications. His most recent book is Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide will be released in March.
Katherine D. Van Schaik, MD, PhD, MA, is a faculty member in the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, with additional appointments in the Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University. She received her PhD in Ancient History from the Harvard Department of the Classics and her MD from Harvard Medical School, after completing studies in Classics and Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard College, and in Classical Art and Archaeology at King's College, University of London. Study of health and disease, past and present, has taken her to hospitals, universities, libraries, and crypts around the world.
Michael Fontaine is a Professor in the Department of Classics at Cornell University, New York and author of many books and articles. He books have been reviewed in countless publications including Forbes, The Spectator, The Daily Beast, The Times Literary Supplement, The Daily Mail, and Wine Spectator. He is the author of several publications including: “How to Tell a Joke”, “The Pig War”, “How to Drink: A Classical Guide to Imbibing”, and “How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation”. His next book, “How to Get Over a Breakup,” is a translation of Ovid’s Remedia Amoris. It comes out in June.
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I say as an expert, no one is faithful in love - Expertus dico, nemo est in amore fidelis
Propertius
Strength, in company with wisdom, is, indeed, an advantage, but without wisdom it harms more than it helps its possessors, and while it sets off the bodies of those who cultivate it, yet it obscures the care of the soul
Isocrates
