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Friends of ClassicsAncient & Modern: July 2012

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Every week (more or less) Dr Peter Jones writes. Ancient and Modern for The Spectator. To go back to Friends of Classics. To go to the A&M Archive. Saturday, July 7, 2012. The Chancellor is desperate to get more cash into his wallet. Why not try the old trick - a tax on luxuries, or rather, an even greater tax on luxuries? True, it might not bring in much, but it plays well with the voters. Suppressing luxury was always a big hit in the ancient world. During the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations, every ...

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Friends of ClassicsAncient & Modern: April 2012

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Every week (more or less) Dr Peter Jones writes. Ancient and Modern for The Spectator. To go back to Friends of Classics. To go to the A&M Archive. Sunday, April 22, 2012. 8221; ’ These were not tears of self-love, however, like those Ken gushed at some actors’ declarations of his indispensability. Rather, they expressed Caesar’s resolve to achieve that ‘brilliant success’. But Greek kai su, teknon. As vicars, traditional or trendy, assert that God is or is not in favour of something, one is reminded tha...

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Friends of ClassicsAncient & Modern: 4th August 2012

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Every week (more or less) Dr Peter Jones writes. Ancient and Modern for The Spectator. To go back to Friends of Classics. To go to the A&M Archive. Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Boxer Lennox Lewis, arguing that women weakened a man, avoided sex for three weeks before a fight. Greeks would have agreed, but things seem somewhat different in the contraceptive-laden Olympic village. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Friends of ClassicsAncient & Modern: 1st September 2012

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Every week (more or less) Dr Peter Jones writes. Ancient and Modern for The Spectator. To go back to Friends of Classics. To go to the A&M Archive. Friday, August 31, 2012. Personal privacy in the modern sense became a cause in the USA in the late 19th century, with the massive expansion of newsprint and the development of cameras and professional snappers. Prince Harry clearly has not quite caught up yet. Even the Romans knew what the problem was: privacy was very hard to come by. Decorum pro patria mor.

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Friends of ClassicsAncient & Modern: August 2011

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Every week (more or less) Dr Peter Jones writes. Ancient and Modern for The Spectator. To go back to Friends of Classics. To go to the A&M Archive. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Prime Minister Cameron wants to fix the ‘moral collapse’ that caused the recent riots. So do we all, but how? In a dialogue by Plato, Protagoras told the following mûthos. About how man developed respect for others ( aidôs. And a sense of justice ( dikê. As a result, genuine communities could at last be built. The point was that aidôs.

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Friends of ClassicsAncient & Modern: 28th July 2012

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Every week (more or less) Dr Peter Jones writes. Ancient and Modern for The Spectator. To go back to Friends of Classics. To go to the A&M Archive. Monday, August 6, 2012. So a multi-purpose Pindaric Ode in favour of whichever corporate sponsors you prefer might begin something like: ‘Chocolate is very good, fizzy pop swells the wind of song, but sing, my soul, of burgers, which pluck the finest fruits of every excellence, especially when sprinkled with a soft dew of fries….’.

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Friends of ClassicsAncient & Modern: February 2012

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Every week (more or less) Dr Peter Jones writes. Ancient and Modern for The Spectator. To go back to Friends of Classics. To go to the A&M Archive. Sunday, February 12, 2012. Since Rome had never had an emperor before, the big question became: what happened when the long-lived Augustus died? But at least Jong-il was grown up and knew what was entailed. Jong-un is a dim, untested stripling in a still newish line of descent. In fact Balkan and Rhine armies both mutinied, looking for better terms of service...

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Friends of ClassicsAncient & Modern: December 2011

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Every week (more or less) Dr Peter Jones writes. Ancient and Modern for The Spectator. To go back to Friends of Classics. To go to the A&M Archive. Friday, December 23, 2011. 17th -24th December 2011. Since tyrants have had such a high profile this year, child-slayer King Herod, an important player in Matthew’s version of the Christmas story, though absent from Luke’s, is sure to bulk larger than usual in Christmas homilies. 8216; Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque. This is all of a piece with Cic...

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Friends of ClassicsAncient & Modern: 20 October 2012

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Every week (more or less) Dr Peter Jones writes. Ancient and Modern for The Spectator. To go back to Friends of Classics. To go to the A&M Archive. Sunday, November 11, 2012. Thucydides saw that the ‘apparent’ reasons for war (Athens’ chipping away at the spirit of the treaty by provoking Sparta’s allies) disguised Athens’ ‘real’ intent, i.e. to lure Sparta into breaking the treaty. If China and the US can reach an accord, but China then starts &#8216...Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).