Rousseau Practiced Serial Child Abandonment

Little known fact. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the French philosopher actually abandoned five children to Orphanages. Isn’t it ironic that the philosopher who wrote one of the more influential books on the nature of the child and education (Emile, or also the title, On Education), would abandon his children in this way. We often have these talks…

We Want To Seduce Penelope, But Take Up With Her Maids Instead

That is why I started going back to source books. I, “procure(d) old books“, as Plutarch advised. In this day and age there is a reason people despise the current state of the media. They pass off people with a mere cursery awareness of a subject, to down right ignorance of it, as having some…

Education And Virtue Can’t Be Destroyed By Spies Or War

Sharing more of the Greek Philosopher Plutarch as I read through his writings. (Plutarch’s Bio at the end) Plutarch humorously begins with, “… what is a most important point, even the greatest villains have money sometimes.” On the vanity of seeking peoples recognition and praise he writes, “And glory is noble, but insecure.” If beauty…

War Wreaks No Havoc On Education Or Virtue

“Even war, that sweeps away everything else like a winter torrent, cannot take away education.” – Plutarch. First century Greek Philosopher. There is much writing among the Greeks about virtue and what that included. Kind of struck me as the actual goal today of some educators is a values free education. I can’t say as…

Why I Erased Twitter and Facebook

Have you ever did a radical flip? A picture is worth a thousand words. I erased my Facebook once again. This week I set a Google Chrome Extension, “Social Book Post Manager” loose on my Facebook profile. In 2012 I had an android app on my phone i cut lose to erase 2007-2011 for me….

Ancient Greek Family Advice Part 2 -Alcohol With The Groovy

Read Part 1 for the Historical Background and Introduction to Plutarch’s Morals, written in the first century AD. Ancient Greek advice concerning the consumption of Alcohol, as it relates to sex and the conception of children. Plutarch reminds us if we are approaching our wife/husband to have sex (procreate), we should be either totally sober,…

Ancient Greek Family Advice – Part 1

Have you ever heard of a nation fining their King for inconsiderate (to the nation) amours with a “common” woman? I am reading a 1898 translation from Greek of “Plutarch’s Morals” (Moralia) written in the first century AD. I have not laughed to this degree for a very long time. How Plutarch writes with such…