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Kant
1November 2, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
This is a bit ahead of the Ten Year Reading Plan, but Cato Unbound is having a debate this month …
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MOZART: Don Giovanni
Leave a commentOctober 25, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
The second opera of the Met’s Live in HD season was Mozart’s Don Giovanni. I went to see in in …
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WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde
1October 16, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
My daughter is currently studying vocal performance and musical theater at Oklahoma City University. Dispite the fact that my father …
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ARISTOTLE: Politics – Book I
Leave a commentOctober 12, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
First, a personal note. Due to Hurricane Matthew, I’m running a little behind this week. Power was restored on Monday, …
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ARISTOTLE: Nicomachean Ethics – Book I
2October 4, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
I was asking my wife, who’s undergraduate majors included philosophy, what “Nicomachean” means. She had no idea. Neither do …
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PLATO: Republic – Books 1 & 2
3September 29, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
This work, indirectly, caused me to restart and (hopefully) complete my reading of the Great Books of the Western World. …
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ARISTOPHANES: Lysistrata
Leave a commentSeptember 25, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
This is the last of the “catch up” entries. After this, my blog posts should be primarily written as I …
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ARISTOPHANES: Clouds
Leave a commentSeptember 24, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
I need to make a confession. The first few blog posts are what I’d call “catch-up” posts. I started this …
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PLATO: Crito
Leave a commentSeptember 23, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
Crito is the immediate follow up to the Apology. The trial is over, Socrates has been sentenced to die. And …
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PLATO: Apology
Leave a commentSeptember 22, 2016 by fredrikcoulter
It’s hard to write something about The Apology. I’ve read this essay multiple times over the past forty or so …
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Reading from the Classics
My thoughts as I read through the Great Books of the Western World
Reading from the Classics 