Classical Stuff You Should Know
Summary: A.J., Graeme, and Thomas discuss everything having to do with the classical world. Our aim is to help both educators and laypeople enjoy the classical world as much as they enjoy fine ales and good tales.
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Bergamino, a performer, is slighted by Messer Cane, so he tells the story of Primasso and the Abbot.
In this story, a rather innocent rich man is fleeced by a Franciscan monk. The rich man finds vengeance when he needles him good in front of his buddies.
The Marchioness is one beautiful woman, and her reputation reaches a king who makes plans to visit her on the sly.
A young monk who is just too vigorous for monastery life has a quick fling with a girl. Intrigue ensues when the abbot gets involved.
Saladin was once in want of some cash, so he tries to trap Melchisedech into giving him some cash.
In this story, a wealthy Parisian cloth merchant convinces a Jewish friend to convert to Christianity after he visits Rome.
This is story one of the Decameron, about a thug who became a saint.
This is the first installment of Quarantine Stuff You Should Know. To help with the quarantine doldrums, A.J. will be giving you a story almost daily from the Decameron. This episode serves as an intro to the series.
We're almost there, guys, and this is the penultimate chapter of Plato's republic. This one is all about tyranny. A tyranny named Tyrone.
As a follow up to book IX of the republic, Graeme leads us on a thought journey to the medieval land of government. So strap on your cassock and let's get weird.
We've done Dante's Inferno before, so Thomas introduces us to his Purgatorio in this episode. Doesn't "Purgatorio" sound like the Italian version of famous horror movie "The Purge"? It isn't, though.
In book eight of Plato's Republic, Socrates discusses the degradation of an Aristocracy into more mediocre forms of government. Spoiler, democracy is not near the top.
There's a big ol' white horse made of rocks in the UK, and Chesterton wrote some poem about it or whatever. It's okay I guess. Maybe worth a quick jaw wag.
Thomas leads us further up the mountain as we discuss "Climbing Parnassus" by Tracy Lee Simmons. Greek and Latin, he argues, are the organizing principle for classical education. Also, it impresses people when you can tell them what all those words on the dollar bill mean.
Plato finally gets us to the allegory of the cave. We find out that we're just dudes, dudes in a cave, dudes staring at a wall.
