Seeing how useful the vine was, the peasant supported it at a height with many props. Then, once he had harvested its grapes, he raised the stakes and let it fall, building a fire with the props. Leonardo da Vinci, Fables
If genuine love for a young man or for a woman does not seek witnesses, but reaps its harvest of pleasure even if it fulfills its desires in secret, then it is even more likely that someone who loves goodness and wisdom, who is intimate and involved with virtue because of his actions, will be [...]
That Socrates knew how to speak from the periphery to encounter the riddles of life.
How can you study what you love—say, classical Persian poetry—and still get a job when you graduate, not to mention a career for the long-term?
In our modern work economy, people have more opportunities and resources to get the job they want; what matters the most is what people do to get those jobs.
People without a tech degree may already be benefiting the most from tech’s boom.
How can we learn from the writings of dead sages?
Combining technical knowledge with the skills built by study of the humanities is the ideal
Losing Greece: its meaning for Europe, past and future. Overheard in a train station at the height of the Greek financial crisis, between two men of business. One, in middle age, is wearing a light-grey suit. The other, somewhat younger, is dressed in a blue coat and red bow-tie. They speak in German over their [...]
It sometimes appears that we find the most interesting sights in the least expected places. Such an incident is one I wish to recount from a visit to a little restaurant in Como.
