According to Gibbon, in the XXIst chapter of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the emperor Constantine addressed to the leaders of the contending parties of Orthodoxy and Arianism, to Bishop Alexander of Constantinople, and to the presbyter Arius, a “moderating epistle” in which the emperor tells them [Read more…]
Here is the passage in the XXIst chapter of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in which Gibbon discusses Plato’s philosphy and provides an account of how Plato, grappling with the problem of “how a Being purely incorporeal could… mould with a plastic hand the rude and independent [Read more…]
On Wednesday I lengthened out Doctor M’s “History in English” class so that we could finish the book we have been reading over much of the past year, “A Mighty Fortress” by Steven Ozment. It has been an interesting read, although the style leaves much to be desired. Ozment’s conclusions [Read more…]
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