ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
In this post we present and analyze an excerpt from Euripides the tragic dramatist. Continue reading “If the middle class collapses, then the whole polity is doomed to collapse”
In this post we present and discuss an excerpt from Diodorus Siculus‘ “The Library of History“. Continue reading “The timeless behavior of political crooks”
In this post we present and discuss an excerpt from Valerius Maximus.
In this post we present and discuss two excerpts from the ancient poet Theognis. Continue reading “Theognis; how to avoid tyranny inside a polity”
That all existing things are subject to decay and change is a truth that scarcely needs proof; for the course of nature is sufficient to force this conviction on us. Continue reading “Polybius on the decay of states”
The constitution of Carthage seems to me to have been originally well contrived as regards its most distinctive points. Continue reading “The constitution of Carthage & The superiority of the Roman commonwealth”
