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A shot of Epictetus to get through a tough weekend
It's move-in week!
Aug 30
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Kevin McGinnis
From Troy to Rome
Part 1/25,431 of our Livy series
Aug 18
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Kevin McGinnis
From the Founding of the City
Part 1 of what will probably be a 543,264-part series on Livy's history of Rome...
Aug 15
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Kevin McGinnis
Called to Serve
Epictetus on the Cynic ideal
Aug 9
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Kevin McGinnis
June 2025
Separating the Wheat from the Chaff in Ancient "Wisdom" Literature
Sitting uncomfortably with the horrorific aspects of our supposed heroes
Jun 29
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Kevin McGinnis
What is the virtue of supporting both sides in the midst of civil conflicts?
How should we judge Atticus, friend to both Cicero AND Marc Antony?
Jun 23
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Kevin McGinnis
Teaching Epictetus is HARD
Going back to basics can go a long way with the Discourses
Jun 17
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Kevin McGinnis
Epictetus on Personal Integrity in Dangerous Times
It's more than just not caring what other people might think of you.
Jun 11
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Kevin McGinnis
Teaching (about/with/through) Homilies in introductory and graduate classsrooms
This is all me just sharing first drafts of I might do were I even teaching such classes.
Jun 8
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Kevin McGinnis
The Classism of Origen's Homilies
How the greatest Christian theologian of the third century infused Christianity with problematic hierarchies that favored, not surprisingly, the elite.
Jun 5
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Kevin McGinnis
Why more scholars should study homilies (as boring as that may sound...)
Expanding my dissertation topic just a bit to analyze more of Origen
Jun 4
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Kevin McGinnis
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May 2025
Maybe one should teach Hierocles after all!
Why obscure texts might be best for teaching in an AI world.
May 31
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Kevin McGinnis
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