May 19, 2020
When will social distancing end? The unfortunate truth is that we were already socially distant, and we were already suffering for it.
In this Liberty Law Talk, Mary Nichols discusses her new book, Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom, which explores the idea of freedom in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. This work, which Thucydides offered as a possession for all time, permits us, Nichols observes, to consider the manifestations of freedom in both cities and individuals.
When will social distancing end? The unfortunate truth is that we were already socially distant, and we were already suffering for it.
Increases in divisions of labor have produced material prosperity that would have beggared the minds of the ancients.