by W.D. James I’m obviously an American, so I ought to at least know what that is, right? Yet it’s a question I’ve struggled to come to adequate terms with for a very long time. Americans, and America itself, have always had something of an identity crisis. I think we do constitute an ethnos, a people, … Continue reading The Faded Republic| winter oak
by W.D. James From what we have learned of Socrates thus far in this essay series, it might sound odd to speak of ‘Socrates’ doctrine.’ After all, he had claimed that any wisdom he possessed was kn…| winter oak
by W.D. James In this series we have been exploring how in his Apology, Plato presents his mentor Socrates as a new sort of hero. Heroes fight monsters and previously we looked at who the monsters …| winter oak
by W.D. James What could a businessman ever want moreThan to have us sucking in his storeWe owe you nothing, you have no controlYou are not what you own – Fugazi, Merchandisei As we saw in th…| winter oak
