Athens Corner28 Apr 2024

Thucydides, Nietzsche, and Plutarch

This is my entire discussion of the opening to Thucydides's Peloponnesian War for the Technology & Nihilism series on my website (AthensCorner.com). In this recording I read in its entirety, and discuss in very meticulous detail, the first twenty-two paragraphs of Thucydides's Peloponnesian War (commonly referred to as "the Archaeology" of the text). At issue is just how much we as default postmoderns still have so very much to learn from what Thucydides has to teach us, parti...

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Thucydides, Plato, Christianity (Intro)

This is the opening hour and a half of the sequel to my recording "Thucydides, Plutarch, Nietzsche" for my Technology and Nihilism series. Subscribers will have access to the full 4 hour recording so...

28 Juli 20251h 27min

Plutarch, Our American Founders, and Greatness

This is an X/Twitter space where I discuss Plutarch and his relevance for us today, particularly as Americans on the 4th of July Themes of the discussion: — Plutarch and the American Founding — Pluta...

17 Juli 20251h 40min

About AthensCorner.com and the "Athenian Stranger"

If you're enjoying the recordings I've been providing here and you're curious about my larger project with AthensCorner.com and my own story, then I think you'll find this brief discussion interesting...

13 Feb 202420min