When a stranger entered Sparta and noted the lack of defensive fortifications surrounding the city, he inquired of Agesilaus, “Where are Sparta’s walls?” Immediately, Agesilaus pointed to the armed citizens and declared, “These are the Spartans’ walls.” In Grecian Sparta, the state was strictly regulated to fashion a sense of duty to the state, communal ...
Unitarian minister, poet, writer and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote in his Essays, First Series, “Man is explicable by nothing less than all his history.” Certainly, this is true as history reveals itself from the individual trying to make sense of the world and finding the truth within it. History is the account of ...
My personal code of ethics regarding society takes some cues from classic philosophers such as Socrates, because his mode of the participation of the individual in society seems to make a lot of rational sense to me. Therefore, my personal view of ethics regarding society would basically be Socratic ethics, in which I value people ...
King Leonidas I, whose name meant “lion-like,” was king of Sparta between 488BC and 480BC. He is best known to history as the commander of the Spartan army at the Battle of Thermopylae during the Persian Wars. The story of his sacrifice has been an inspiration to generations and was recently brought to the big ...
Although it was actually the Greeks who brought us the scientific arts, philosophy and mathematics, the story of Croesus simply cannot go without merit. Croesus was the King of Lydia from about 560-546 B.C.E. During those days, any King worth his crown wanted to conquer and rule the world-Croesus was one with such an ambition. ...
Many people have heard of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and some might even be able to list a few, but when my mother and I sat down and tried to compile the entire list, we failed miserably. The ancient world had many incredible places and structures, but the 7 wonders focus on ...
Almost 2500 years ago, an army of 300 elite warriors defied a tyrant with an army of legions and achieved what they considered to be the highest honor they could attain in this life. They died glorious deaths on the battlefield. The legend of their unshakable courage in the face of overwhelming odds has been ...