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Can we learn from Thucydides’ writings on the Trump of ancient Athens?

Chris Mackie | 25 August 2016 | FEATURES |

tags: Donald Trump, history of ideas
Cleon, remarkable for the violence of his character, set the pattern for future demagogues.

Ideas that are killing humanity - and the case for life

Richard Weikart | 23 March 2016 | FEATURES |

tags: history of ideas, sanctity of life, secularism
A new book defends the sanctity of human life against dead-end secularism.

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