Five lessons about misinformation from ancient Greek and Roman scientists

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Lessons in Ancient Greek

When Harry Richter, age 8, was picking a second language to learn, he went for the obvious choice: ancient Greek. “It’s just the first thing that popped into my head,” says Harry, a second-grade ...
Reason

Lessons of ancient Greek democracy for the modern world

In an interesting recent article in Foreign Affairs, Josiah Ober - a leading academic expert on ancient Greek democracy - argues that there is much we can learn from the Greek experience that could be ...
The Hill

Greek lessons for the IMF

With Greece now well on its way to exiting the euro, it is not too early to draw lessons for the International Monetary Fun (IMF) from its unfortunate Greek lending program. Since never before has the ...
American Enterprise Institute

Greek Lessons for Puerto Rico

It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, this adage appears again about to be proved true by the way in which the United States Congress is dealing, or more ...
Yahoo

An ancient Greek approach to risk and the lessons it can offer the modern world

A vase from ancient Greek civilization depicts Apollo consulting the oracle of Delphi. G. Dagli Orti/DeAgostini Collection via Getty Images Most of us take big and small risks in our lives every day.
Forbes

The Greek Lesson: Never Underestimate The Ability Of Politicians To Screw Up

As we survey the bombed out rubble of the Greek economy this morning we should consider the major lesson of it to us all: We should never underestimate the ability of politicians to entirely screw up ...
Greek Reporter

Aesop’s Fables: Ancient Greek Tales with Valuable Lessons for Kids

Aesop's Fables are some of the most famous ancient Greek tales with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used ...
Forbes

Universal Lessons From An Ongoing Greek Tragedy

Watching the periodic flare-ups of Greece’s ongoing debt crisis over the past five-plus years has been like watching a tragedy unfold in slow motion. 1) Government debt is a dangerous addiction and ...