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Plutarch on Lycurgus.

05-Dec-11

Everett Human life used to be significantly more varied than it is now, as this little snapshot from Sparta shows.  Lycurgus was the lawgiver who gave Sparta its distinct character, which it maintained for centuries.  Now this is a truly radical program of reform: After the creation of the Senate, his next task, and indeed, the […]

“And success showed their actions to be good.”

19-Nov-11

http://lyndsaycambridge.com/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/admin/admin.css Yet another remarkable story from Plutarch.  The similarities to the sacrifice of Isaac are remarkable, and in general, whether or not religious precepts should be exposed to this kind of treatment, as opposed to taken at face value, is one of the perennially relevant theological questions; and whether or not the virtue of actions may […]