Reason

Lessons of ancient Greek democracy for the modern world

In an interesting recent article in Foreign Affairs, Josiah Ober - a leading academic expert on ancient Greek democracy - argues that there is much we can learn from the Greek experience that could be ...

Five lessons about misinformation from ancient Greek and Roman scientists

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...
The Atlantic

A Novel in Which Language Hits Its Limit—And Keeps On Going

What does it mean to speak without the hope of a response? To address someone who cannot or will not hear you, who cannot or will not reply? The first three full-length novels by the South Korean ...
The Hill

Greek lessons for the IMF

With Greece now well on its way to exiting the euro, it is not too early to draw lessons for the International Monetary Fun (IMF) from its unfortunate Greek lending program. Since never before has the ...
The Washington Post

Two intersecting lives, each grappling with a unique loss

In high school, I was particularly fond of a serious and attentive Latin teacher who never seemed disturbed by my reluctance to speak during class. Once, on the first day back to school after a break, ...
NPR

'Greek Lessons' is an intimate, vulnerable portrayal of two lonely people

Few literary books this year are as highly anticipated as Greek Lessons, the latest novel by Han Kang to be translated into English. After Kang's Booker Prize-winning novel The Vegetarian and the ...
Greek Reporter

Aesop’s Fables: Ancient Greek Tales with Valuable Lessons for Kids

Aesop's Fables are some of the most famous ancient Greek tales with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used ...
Forbes

Lessons For The Eurozone From The Greek Debt Crisis

Nearly ten years after the financial crisis that marked the start of its descent into debt default and depression, Greece has finally exited its bailout program. From now on, it will finance itself on ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Europe’s Crisis Impasse Signals Greek Lesson Not Yet Learned

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Time

Greek Lessons

These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Han Kang, winner of the ...
Libcom

Lessons from the Greek tragedy

From European social democrats supporting imperialist slaughter in World War One, to the French Communist Party winding down the General Strike in 1968, to the Communist Party in the US pushing labor ...