Frank Breslin·Jun 16, 2025Reading Cicero’s “De Amicitia” at 17 — Cicero Would Never Have Understood ChristianityWhen I first read Cicero’s celebrated treatise De Amicitia (45 BCE), I was a high-school senior in the late 1950s. I thought it an inspired…
Frank Breslin·Feb 11, 2025Reading Cicero’s “De Amicitia” at 17When I first read Cicero’s celebrated treatise De Amicitia (45 BCE), I was a high-school senior in the late 1950s. I thought it an inspired…
Frank Breslin·Jan 15, 2025How Would You Spend the Last Six Months of Your Life?Teacher: Let’s say that you’re a high-school senior planning to go to college, but you learn from your doctor that you have only six months…
Frank Breslin·Dec 8, 2024What If You Had Only Six Months to Live?Teacher: Let’s say that you’re a high-school senior planning to go to college, but you learn from your doctor that you have only six months…
