While philosophers have long extolled the virtues of reading great works, Great Books programs as an initiative to improve American education go back to the early 1900s. The first Great Books course was introduced at...
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Eugenics represents a shameful period in the United States' history. The progressive idea that technocrats in government could improve society and cure social evils encouraged many scientists and policymakers to look...
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For over 400 years Rome was the world's greatest republic and then, in a matter of decades it was gone, replaced by an empire. Instead of representative leaders elected by citizens, an emperor ruled with supreme...