Historically Thinking
We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigo
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Episode 165: Western Civ Has Got to…
In 1728, philosopher, theologian, and Anglican minister George Berkeley wrote these verses: The Muse, disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every...
Episode 164: The Open Sea, or, the Economies of the Ancient Mediterranean
For generations historians have talked about "the ancient economy". When they want to be more specific, they have written of "the ancient Mediterranean...
Episode 163: The First Martyr of the American Revolution
On June 18, 1775, 245 years ago tomorrow, Abigail Adams took up her pen to write to her husband John, far away in Philadelphia at the Second Continental...
Episode 162: The First Scottish Enlightenment
Typically the "Scottish Enlightenment" is the term for the great burst of intellectual creativity, centered on Edinburgh and Glasgow and beginning in...
Episode 161: In the Matter of Nat Turner
In early November 1831, Thomas Ruffin Gray was searching for a publisher. He had been one of those whites who had travelled from his home in Richmond...
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