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Political theory and practice

Thinking and doing

Bema there, done that!

I stood where Pericles stood.

The Pnyx had no tourists but us.

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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 16, 2007Categories Theory

Bury my heart at … Kerameikos

We have been to Wounded Knee in Wyoming. I have a dream catcher to prove it.

The Cimetière du Père-Lachaise of Ancient Athens

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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 16, 2007Categories Theory

Alexander the Great was here!

That lion is big.

Next stop Chaeronea

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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 15, 2007Categories Theory1 Comment on Alexander the Great was here!

From Delphi to eternity

Delphi has to be seen.

Ethereal and eerie.
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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 13, 2007Categories Theory

Get me to the church on time! The Athens Metro

“I’d use public transport if the wait was never more than eight minutes.” I used to say this based on experiences in Amsterdam. I have a new standard now: two minutes.

The cry of every commuter.

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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 12, 2007Categories Practice

The Slippery Slope

Areopagos

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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 11, 2007Categories Theory

School’s out!

Finding the Lyceum. Maybe.

Searching for Mr Aristotle
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The above image of Aristotle is the wallpaper on my hand held computer-telephone such is my allegiance to The Philosopher, as Thomas Hobbes called him.

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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 9, 2007Categories Theory1 Comment on School’s out!

Agora! Agora! Agora!

The Stoa is a mall but Visa was not accepted.

Socrates was a gadfly on the rump of Athens, usually in the Agora.

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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 8, 2007Categories Theory

It had to be you … Melos

Who were the Melians? Do the Kykladic figures play a role in any answer?

Thucydides sent me to Melos. Mission accomplished, Hegemon.

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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 7, 2007Categories Theory2 Comments on It had to be you … Melos

Yes, we have no tomatoes!

Syssitia is not symposia, just remember that.

When in Athens eat as the Ancient Athenians did.

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Author Michael W JacksonPosted on November 7, 2007Categories Theory2 Comments on Yes, we have no tomatoes!

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