Lycurgus

"He believed that just as individuals are happy who practice virtue and possess inner peace, the happiness of the state demands virtuous citizens living together in harmony. Accordingly, he designed laws and instituted customs that would last and would form free, self-reliant, and self-regulated citizens." —PLUTARCH, from The Lawgivers, translated by C. Scot Hicks and… Continue reading Lycurgus

January 2020 Reads

Better late than never, here are the books I finished reading in January. John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Wife This was the Guardian selection for November. It was written with the morals of 1967 but set in the Victorian era, making for a very interesting love story. I didn't find the love story itself very… Continue reading January 2020 Reads