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The Somber Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius Lord Acton famously wrote in a letter to an Anglican bishop, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” That generalization proves to be true of about every person who finds themselves in politics, except for perhaps Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius, as a ruler of the Roman Empire, had absolute power. Unlike for all the other Roman emperors, who lived scandalous lives and…
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Plato's Euthydemus | Chapter Two The following is Chapter Two of the translation and commentary of Plato's Euthydemus, by the fictional author Justus Shepherd. You can find the first few installments here: Foreword by the Editor https://beta.cent.co/+atk5jp Chapter One https://beta.cent.co/+oozuoi . . . “What followed, Crito, how do I narrate?” Socrates paused from his story. “It is no small task describing the infinite wisdom of the two brothers. Now Euthydemus, if I…