18 Articles Written by B R Mullikin
Plato’s Laws: the Relationship between Theology and Law
For theology to be necessary to a city and the formation of its laws, then that necessity must arise out of the fact that theology says something true about the world, and that it is the aim of law to harmonize the city towards the truth of that reality. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on May 7th, 2014. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Politics, about
Plato
Laws
Greek
Greek or Roman Sympathies in Renaissance Humanism
Renaissance Humanism is characterized by a return to the ideas of antiquity. But this generalization is misleading since it does not say whether the return is to Greek or Roman ideas. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on April 30th, 2014. Subject: History. Filed in Politics, about
Humanism
Castiglione
Erasmus
Thomas More
An Introduction to a Reading of Horace’s Carmina Secunda Ex Quarti Libri
A short introduction to Horace’s Ode 4.2, which is dedicated to Augustus the deliverer of the Roman state. The introduction includes a discussion of the poem’s images, motifs, and themes. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on April 14th, 2014. Subject: Literature. Filed in Criticism, about
Horace
Poetry
Latin
Fit for Roman Glory: the Life of Agricola
Agricola was a general in the Roman frontier in Britain who gained fame through his prudent and just character. We remember Agricola especially because he won renown at a time in the Roman empire when the emperors were particularly cruel and prone to jealousy. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on February 14th, 2014. Subject: History. Filed in Roman, about
Tacitus
Agricola
Sickness Unto Death and the Continuance of Sin in Despair
Kierkegaard explains that given the ontological reality of Christianity, sin at its base is the denial of who we really are and our relationship to reality. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on December 19th, 2013. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Ethics, about
Kierkegaard
Sickness Unto Death
Christianity
Cyril of Jerusalem and His Teaching on the Christian Sacraments
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem’s Lectures on the Christian Sacraments serve as an historical example for how the early Christian church performed the various sacraments, including Baptism, Unction, and the Eucharist. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on December 2nd, 2013. Subject: Theology. Filed in Patristics, about
Cyril of Jerusalem
Christian Sacraments
A Prolegomena to the Bacchae of Euripides
It is our task as critics to identify the facts of the Bacchae and to understand how those facts guide the play through an internal necessity towards its tragic conclusion. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on November 5th, 2013. Subject: Literature. Filed in Criticism, about
Euripides
Bacchae
Tragedy
Knowledge and the Desire for Power
The need to dominate nature is a corruption of the desire to know. It stems from the desire to see the effects of all our knowledge in action, whether harmful or beneficial. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on September 27th, 2013. Subject: History. Filed in Epistemology, about
technology
Petronius: Roman Virtue and Taste in the Empire
Petronius gives a comedic account of the fictional extravagant dinner hosted by Trimalchio, who has more money than taste or sense. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on September 19th, 2013. Subject: History. Filed in Roman, about
Petronius
Satyricon
Res Gestae by Augustus: What Sort of Emperor Was He?
Before his death, Emperor Augustus wrote Res Gestae, an autobiographical note about his life and works which gives insight into his mind and self-perception. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on August 23rd, 2013. Subject: History. Filed in Roman, about
Augustus
The Reunion of Odysseus and Penelope in the Odyssey
In Book 19 Penelope questions Odysseus, who is disguised as a beggar. What is the importance of this scene? Perhaps Penelope tests Odysseus as much as he does her. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on August 16th, 2013. Subject: Literature. Filed in Epic Poetry, about
Homer
Greek
Odyssey
The Dignity of Renaissance Humanism
During the Renaissance, Humanism became a battle cry against Scholasticism. However, the two schools of thought have much in common. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on August 5th, 2013. Subject: History. Filed in Renaissance, about
Humanism
The Idea of a University: Knowledge As Its Own End
In his fifth discourse of The Idea of a University, Newman explores what a university is, its use, and its proper end. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on July 30th, 2013. Subject: History. Filed in Liberal Arts, about
Pedagogy
Newman
Aristotle and the Mimesis of the Praxis
Aristotle grounds art, and in particularly poetry, as an imitative art through which we come to know better the world around us. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on July 17th, 2013. Subject: Literature. Filed in Criticism, about
Aristotle
Art
Greek
Minos as an Introduction to Plato’s Laws
The Minos deals with law and its source, and how they are related. The dialog acts, therefore, as a prequel to Plato's Laws, which explores good law. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on July 11th, 2013. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Politics, about
Plato
Minos
Laws
Greek
Castiglione and the Book of the Courtier
The Book of the Courtier investigates the philosophic purpose of government, and attempts to answer the question of what makes a government good or bad. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on July 3rd, 2013. Subject: History. Filed in Politics, about
Castiglione
Italian
A Correct Symposium According to Plato’s Laws
In Plato’s Laws an argument is made for the pedagogical need for symposia, the drinking parties in Greece. In the Symposium, we see how one plays out. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on June 26th, 2013. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Ethics, about
Plato
Pedagogy
Greek
Interpreting Literature: the Function of Criticism
The function of literary critcism is to determine what is of value within a work of literature, and how a work of literature reflects reality. Read Article
Written by B. R. Mullikin on June 23rd, 2013. Subject: Literature. Filed in Criticism, about
Art