On the matter of Aristotle, I am in a minority of one. Or at least very few. I am one of that small minority of people who is prepared ...

Reading through Diogenes Laertius' Life of Plato I found the following epigram by Timon: A man did lead them on, a strong stout man, ...

The canon of Plato's works has been supplied to us by a certain ancient authority named Thrasyllus, about whom we know very little. He...

It has long been my surmise that the vampire myths, even as they have formed in the popular imagination, are essentially anti- or counte...

I think it is very Platonic to have an ironic facade to a serious enterprise. That is the inspiration behind the Hemlock Appreciation So...

The Straussian reading of Plato depends upon knowing irony when you see it. Infamously, Straussians view the doctrine of the equality o...

The refreshing thing about Leo Strauss is that he resists a merely chronological reading of Plato. Equally, he puts into sharp contrast the ...

Leo's Strauss' reading of Plato is based in an important passage in the Phaedrus where, we are told of the deficiencies of the writ...

One of my all-time favourite poems is by the Canadian poet Tom Wayman and its called Wayman in Love . It's a funny poem about a very ser...

Since I identify autochthony as the central (but “secret”) theme of the Platonic dialogues, it is a reasonable question to ask: if so, where...

The text is too much with us. We are all much too bookish. I am, anyway. After long years teaching University courses, I'm saturated...

This painting by Paris Bordone is an important item of evidence in my account of the mythology of Athena and its relation to the philosop...

The relationship between Socrates and the comic playwright Aristophanes is central to Leo Strauss' reading of Plato. His view that ...

What an illustrious name is George. In previous posts I have revealed my abiding interest in traditions of autochthony, which I principally...

This is my final teaching expedition. Here is my vast array of essay topics for students for the coming semester. I might add a...