Archive for the 'ancient history'

• Elkus on Mad Dogs and Military History

May 10th, 2013 by zen

Posted in A.E., academia, analytic, ancient history, book, historians, history, intellectuals, military, military history, politics, reading, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, war, warriors | 12 comments

• On Socrates and his Legacy, Part II: Stone, Socrates and Religion

March 26th, 2013 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, atheists, authors, book, christianity, cultural intelligence, culture, democracy, historians, history, humanities, ideas, intellectuals, myth, nuance / subtlety, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, symbolism, theory | 5 comments

• Tyrannicide and the Lost Republic

March 19th, 2013 by zen

Posted in analytic, ancient history, blogging, blogosphere, dictator, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, legal, legitimacy, politics, roman empire, sic semper tyrannis, state failure, terrorism, Uncategorized | 3 comments

• On Socrates and His Legacy, Part I.

February 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, book, culture, debate, democracy, extremists, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, myth, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, question, reading, Uncategorized | 7 comments

• Book Review: Lords of the Sea by John R. Hale

November 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, Archaeology, authors, book, democracy, empire, greece, historians, history, military, military history, navy, Oligarchy, politics, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, war, warriors | 2 comments