"All for each and each for all, but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others." - Theodore Roosevelt These high principles of which we are aware are attainable. They are not an idealistic sham designed to draw men hopelessly up …
Tag: rise and fall of civilization
The Cancer of Tyranny
"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty." - Plato The Greco-Roman tradition provided an educational algorithm that has never really been improved upon. In fact, every major movement of educational reform in the Western world began with a reassessment of the …
We haven’t changed much
The remains of the past have long fascinated the thinking men and women of the present, for a very good reason. The period of cultural history known as the Renaissance, which began in Italy in roughly the 14th century and catalyzed fresh thoughts throughout the rest of Europe through the 17th century, largely took its …
Gregory Hake 