This week, we’ll be considering some of the great thought experiments of philosophy. We begin with the Ship of Theseus. Plutarch, in his work The Life of Theseus, recounts a debate among the philosophers over whether or not a ship that has...
At the beginning of this week, I asked why we start each day honoring our country. We considered that America is only great if she is good, that our happiness depends on humility and our liberty upon personal virtue, and...
Benjamin Franklin is often credited with saying, “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” Whether he said it or not, at first listen it would seem to be quite the patriotic sentiment of a great American. But is it? The...
James Madison noted about the American founding that “[i]n Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example … of charters of power granted by liberty. This revolution in the practice of the world, may,...
“An incident is told of the first American war, about an officer who set his men to fell some trees which were needed to make a bridge. There were not nearly enough men, and work was getting on very slowly....
Every morning, we start the day with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a song about our country. But why? What’s so great about America? And anyway, in a school concerned with knowledge and virtue, what does honoring our...
Well, apparently, today is no ordinary day. March 21, 2025, it turns out, is National Crunchy Taco Day, World Vermouth Day, World Puppetry Day, International Color Day, Slytherin Pride Day, Red Nose Day, Credit Card Reduction Day, and National Healthy...
Today is the last day of Winter. For many, this is welcome news. In fact, for some, Winter itself is the cause of what mental health professionals now call Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. The disorder was first formally set...
Some of you may have celebrated St. Patrick’s Day yesterday. Often, the holiday is marked by dyeing everything green and pinching anyone not wearing it, looking for four leaf clovers, and stories of leprechauns, rainbows and pots of gold. There...
J.R.R. Tolkien said: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” Emily Dickinson gives an answer: I had no time to hate, becauseThe grave would hinder me,And life was not so ample...
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