Locus Cogitandi

Typically, our conception of morality and reflection considers the ideas of right and wrong, virtue and vice. Yet, more subtly, moral language often serves another function: it charts the social space we live in. As a 5th-century Christian poet, Paulinus of Pella’s Eucharisticus recounts his sexual excess in youth, his... [Read More]

At the beginning of the Asinaria, the slaves Libanus and Leonida come up with a clever ruse to acquire twenty minae of silver. When a merchant arrives in Athens to pay for an ass with this sum, Leonida decides to impersonate Saurea, the chamberlain of his master’s wife, to whom... [Read More]

Whenever we make decisions, we often consider both logic and emotion. In Catullus 8, we observe the timeless human struggle between a rational mind that knows it must move on, and an emotional mind that cannot let go of the past: [Read More]

In a nation wherein numerous pleasures, delights, and freedoms are taken for granted, we must remember that the striving for greater things must never end. As Sallust boldly explains: [Read More]

If a little is good, more is not necessarily better. Cicero boldly explains: [Read More]