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Ancient Sophistry & The Car Salesman

By Jacob Bell, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom My recent venture into the world of car sales caused me to realize that sophistry, in its most shameful guise, is still alive and well today. I am speaking of the sophistry that seeks to deceive in order to profit… either in sales or politics. During the second
Written on April 20, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Categories: Philosophy
Tags: Car Salesmen, Euthydemus, Gorgias, Philosophy, Plato, socrates, Sophists
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates

By Jacob Bell, Associate Editor, Classical Wisdom One would have thought that in this age of information, logical fallacies would cease to exist. But, amazingly, the exact opposite has happened despite our incredible access to information. After all, we can open up an internet browser and within a few minutes we have thousands of pages
Written on April 20, 2022 at 10:09 pm
Categories: Philosophy
Tags: Ancient greek, Greek Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy, Pyrrho of Elis, Sextus Empiricus, Skepticism
Ancient Philosophy As a Way of Living: Cynicism

By Jacob Bell, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom I’ve made some rather strange and unexpected decisions that fall outside of the social and economic norms of our 21st century. The American Dream, at least for me, is dead… and in a way, I may be loosely following the Cynic dream instead. I say loosely because the
Written on April 18, 2022 at 5:52 pm
Categories: Philosophy
Tags: Alexander the Great, Cynics, Diogenes the Dog, Sisyphus
Old Ideas Renewed: Science, Philosophy, and Perception as Illusion

By Jacob Bell, Associate Editor, Classical Wisdom Plato, along with his instructor Socrates, are often recognized as the minds which began the western philosophical tradition as we know it today. Plato’s theory of forms and the Allegory of the Cave are not only interesting within the history of philosophy, but hold relevance in regards to
Written on April 15, 2022 at 11:25 am
Categories: Socrates-Plato
Tags: allegory of the cave, Information Realism, Philosophy, Plato, Theory of Forms
Why Alexander Invaded
By Cam Rea, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Alexander of Macedon, more widely known as Alexander the Great, is one of history’s most famous conquerors. Many historians, poets, and writers have been mesmerized by his conquests. The enthralling images of Alexander’s actions has built an everlasting romantic impression of the man. But while most talk of
Written on June 21, 2019 at 9:20 am
Categories: Leaders
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