Kevin Straight

If there's one think Pete Kincaid hates, its having to act like a hero; it's bad for business and likely to get you killed. When an unlikely prophet points him towards an ancient treasure from before civilization fell, though, he decides to go after it despite his better judgment. Unfortunately, a brutal enemy from his past is seeking the same thing. If Pete wants to survive, he will need to be heroic in spite of himself. [Short Story]

Xenophon's best known book was the first novelization of a military memoir in literary history, as well as the first book to deal with mercenary troops from their own point of view. As such, it has inspired a legion of authors, right up to the present day.

In this dialog we can see Plato experimenting with a longer format which will reach fruition a few years later in The Republic.

Comparing and contrasting the social role of the philosopher in Greek and Roman society may yield vital perspective about the role of the intellectual in modern Western Society.

Of all Plato's dialogs, the Crito is the one that fits in least well with the others.

This post describes how to use Python to set up a simple CGI web server to dynamically serve e-books to devices anywhere on you LAN, as well as how to retrieve the titles from MOBI and PDF files.

Xenophon's description of Socrates' trial provides a vey different perspective and message than Plato's.

Plato's story of Socrates' defense at his trial is the most important accounts of this watershed moment in the history of Western thought.

In this early dialog Plato's Socrates examines the question "What is holiness?"

Plato is probably the single most influential philosopher in Western Civilization. This post gives a short overview of the man and his works.

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