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0 Skip to Content ConsultTheClassics Blog Subscribe About Contact .top-bun, .patty, .bottom-bun { height: 1px; } Open Menu Close Menu ConsultTheClassics Blog Subscribe About Contact .top-bun, .patty, .bottom-bun { height: 1px; } Open Menu Close Menu Blog Subscribe About Contact Become Classically Educated Classicist or not, you can still reap the rewards of ancient wisdom.Carpe Diem! Recent PostsEach post reveals the practical applications of classical wisdom. Consult the classics to improve your rhetoric and style, learn from ancient history, and converse with the architects of the modern world! Erik Hanson 10/11/22 Erik Hanson 10/11/22 How To Learn From History “My work is composed, not to win a contest in the present moment, but as a possession for all time.” Read More Erik Hanson 10/4/22 Erik Hanson 10/4/22 When Survival Demands Humility “But when the allies resisted, the Athenians gave way, having considered it of great importance that Greece survive and knowing that if they quarrel about the command, Greece will perish.” Read More Erik Hanson 9/27/22 Erik Hanson 9/27/22 Solon’s First Concern “But we will not exchange with themOur virtue for their wealth, since the one is always steadfast, While riches belong to another man at another time.” Read More Erik Hanson 9/20/22 Erik Hanson 9/20/22 Read This Advice, And More Books put all the world’s knowledge into our hands; they unlock the gates to profound truths; they put the world’s finest art and its time-tested stories in front of our eyes. Read More Erik Hanson 9/13/22 Erik Hanson 9/13/22 The Aeneid’s Enlivening Alliteration Virgil’s alliterative language will be a Muse to your own, and his verses will inspire your writing. Read More Erik Hanson 9/6/22 Erik Hanson 9/6/22 Psychology with Caesar Learn one of Caesar's insights into the human mind which allowed him to be the most persuasive of all Romans. Read More Erik Hanson 8/30/22 Erik Hanson 8/30/22 Trojan Words Homer’s Iliad is a trojan horse. Homer’s stories and heroes so thoroughly capture our imagination that they affect the very language which we speak. Read More Erik Hanson 8/23/22 Erik Hanson 8/23/22 Count Your Birthdays with Gratitude “Whenever we reflect on our former lives and actions—such as by counting our birthdays—gratitude ought to be present always.” Read More Erik Hanson 8/16/22 Erik Hanson 8/16/22 A Constant Reminder To Seize the Day “As long as we speak, envious time will flee: seize the day, trusting tomorrow as little as possible.” Read More Older Posts