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How to Praise Oneself Inoffensively - Part 2
Episode Length:
16 MINUTES
Plutarch gives more examples of how to get it right, from Great Leaders of Greece & Rome
-Phocion,
-Agathocles,
-Pericles,
-Sulla,
-Themistocles,
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Analysis
Episode Length:
8 MINUTES
April 26, 2022
How to Learn Free Speech
How do we translate the advice Plutarch gives on free speaking, with the example of Pericles, into the world of modern media?
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32
Analysis
Episode Length:
15 MINUTES
April 12, 2022
The Sovereign Mind
What combination of habits produces both strength and peace? How do we become more sovereign over our lives, over ourselves? With some references from a famous, clas...
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31
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Episode Length:
9 MINUTES
March 29, 2022
Aristotle's Quadrivium; Season 2 ANNOUNCEMENT!
Why do we work? How should we spend our leisure? Also, announcing the next biography subjects!
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History Contains Power
My name is Alex Petkas, and in The Cost of Glory, I present you with the best stories, analyses and takeaways, from the greatest and most influential figures from Greco-Roman antiquity.
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