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197: Affairs of the Master (Some Fallout from Glass Pocketing)

Posted on October 30, 2020 by jimspates

Fine Friends, In Book IV of The Republic, and elsewhere in his epochal dialogues (a true world treasure even though almost no one reads them these days), Plato describeses what he calls “the four cardinal virtues” (from the Latin, “cardo,” … Continue reading →

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