Lawgivers in Modern Revolutions How have lawgivers featured in modern revolutions? This lecture considers...
From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers For many modern thinkers, the lawgiver has been important as...
Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek The Hebrew lawgiver Moses was compared to ancient Greek lawgivers...
Breaking the Fourth Wall of Sound: The Paradox of Screen Music Sound and music hold a strange and powerful role in...
Whither the Public Lecture? Gresham College has been delivering public lectures since 1597 through...
Plato's Cave: Thinking about Climate Change In The Republic, Plato explores the predicament of the Cave...
Experts in politics: Lessons from Socrates and Aristotle Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him...
Democracy: Ancient Models, Modern Challenges Demokratia is the power (kratos) of the people (demos). But...
Ancient Greek Ideas of Equality under the Law The Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has posed the question...