Solon in English I didn’t realize until today’s Merriam-Webster Word of the Day that the name of the Athenian lawgiver Solon had made it into English as a (lower-case) Continue Reading →
Latin: The Ne Plus Ultra of Languages A quick look by Michael Poliakoff at two new books on Latin. Here’s the opening:For generations of adults, the simple word-series “amo, amare, amavi, Continue Reading →
An Interesting Take on Plato and Socrates ‘Let us go back to Plato for another illustration. The one thing which has caught everyone’s imagination in Plato is the figure of Socrates, the arche Continue Reading →
