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Silencing Socrates

Recalling "cancel culture" in ancient Athens, and what to do about things we can't control... and those we can.

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Sep 27, 2025
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Jacques-Louis David: Death of Socrates

Athens, GA

September 27, 2025

“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.”

- Socrates, The Apology

Lenin said there are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen. In recent years, the calendar has certainly picked up the pace.

We’ve…

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