
Society







Plato at a Glance
Plato thought it appropriate to put his name on the *Cleitophon*, a dialogue so unsettlingly short that it encourages his readers to take him in at a glance, just as its titular character seems to have given Socrates no less superficial treatment.




The COVID Dispensation
Young Americans entering the labor force could not have done so at a worse time. Even discounting the scourge of COVID-19, the American project, once known for innovation and leadership, has resigned itself to accepting an imperfect world. During a national and global crisis, we have lost our way.





Empty, Homogeneous Time
On Benjamin's Philosophy of History