🔒 Homer's Odyssey (part 1): The Beautiful, the Good, and the Just

Subscriber-only episode At issue here is what we do not find in the story of Samson, namely, the relationship between a father and son wherein the son journeys to know his father while making true friendships along the way, manly friendships which could have greatly helped Samson avoid becoming the easy prey to women that was his downfall. In this first part of a multi-part series on Homer's Odyssey for fathers seeking to share the great books with their sons for the cultivation of exce...

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These are previews from my website AthensCorner.com of in-depth discussions on the Western world's greatest books in philosophy and political philosophy.  There are also occasional previews for my Fathers & Sons series on the website devoted to guiding and assisting fathers who themselves want to educate their sons in the great books, and so the emphasis is upon examples of excellence of virtue.