Wallace Stevens To An Old Philosopher

Aristotle and Other Platonists

 

Aristotle versus Plato. For a long time that is the angle from which the tale has been told, in textbooks on the history of philosophy and to university students. Aristotle's philosophy, so the story goes, was au fond in opposition to Plato's. But it was not always thus.

Somewhere Up Ahead

                                 Waiting for us all.

On a Lighter Note

 

Futures Past

Mommsen's prose alone is worth the price of admission, but beware: subsequent research has rendered parts of his study obsolete. Those who wish to draw parallels between ancient Rome and the U.S. in 2025 compare apples with oranges. Nevertheless, read alongside, say, Horace, there are lessons to be drawn that apply today.

A Hero Of Our Time

 "...as I have, for rule, never to reject anything decisively, nor to trust blindly in anything, I brushed metaphysics aside and began to look under my feet."

Portrait of a Humanist Revisited

 

                    Artist: Sebastiano del Piombo

                    Sitter: Possibly Leo Africanus 

                    Date: c. 1520