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Can Politics be Virtuous?

by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom We owe a great deal to the world of Ancient Greece and Rome. The philosophy, the mythology, not to mention the myriad artworks inspired by it through the centuries. Much of what we love about that era may have been lost if not for another great epoch… that

The Art of Slander: How to Create a Masterpiece, Troll Your Enemies, and Win Bigly: Part 1 of 2

Written by Michael Fontaine, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Ever seen this picture? Titled The Calumny of Apelles, it’s in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Take a look, and use the labels I’ve added to figure out what’s going on. Painted by Sandro Botticelli in 1495, there’s a little-known essay about it that is one of

The History Behind the Vitruvian Man

The story sounds like a Dan Brown thriller: Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks contain a skillfully executed, albeit curious image.  A man with two sets of arms and legs poses in the center of a circle and square.  With one set of arms forming a V and one set of legs out-splayed, the figure’s soles and