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The Classical Mind Newsletter for March 15, 2024

Beware the Ides of March!

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Housekeeping

  • Since it is the Ides of March, consider re-listening to our episode on Julius Caesar with

    Heidi White
    !

    Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

    Fr. Wesley Walker, Junius Johnson, and Heidi White
    ·
    February 19, 2024
    Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

    “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar.” On this episode, Dr. Junius Johnson and Fr. Wesley Walker sit down with Heidi White to talk about Shakespeare’s

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  • Junius was recently on the TrueNorth Podcast Network to discuss God and Time with

    Jesse Hake
    (who has a wonderful Substack called
    Copious Flowers
    ).

  • A couple of classes that you might be interested in:

    • Junius is teaching a class called “Father of Lights: A Theology of Beauty”:

    • Friend of the show Kristen Rudd is teaching her course on monsters in literature this summer for adults. If you’re a paid subscriber, you can access a discount code for that course. You can find out more details at her website.

  • We will be recording our Emma episode this coming up week.

  • The following episode will be The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott. After that, we will be doing a Listener’s Choice episode so be brainstorming some nominations you can put forward when we solicit ideas.

John Behr on Being Human

John Behr is an Eastern Orthodox theologian and maybe one of the most brilliant people I’ve ever met. I took a class with him on Origen a few years ago. In this episode of the Living Church podcast, he lays out a beautiful vision of what being human means. It is, of course, thoroughly theological but here at the Classical Mind, we’re firmly convicted

“The Death of Julius Caesar” by Vincenzo Camuccini

Fun fact: this was Camuccini’s second attempt at this painting. It was commissioned by Frederick Hervey, the Earl of Bristol, in 1793. He finished the first version in 1796, but received negative feedback so he destroyed it and went back to work. He finished the above version in 1806, three years after the Earl had passed away. Unfortunately for Camuccini, the Earl’s family refused to pay for the work, so it was eventually sold to Joachim Murat, one of the high-ranking commanders who served under Napoleon until he was taken prisoner by King Ferdinand IV of Naples. It is currently displayed in the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples.

Check out this post over at

Classical Wisdom
in which they ask whether we should glorify Caesar. It’s more of an open-question but the comments offer some solid insights.

Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
Dear Classical Wisdom Readers, Beware the Ides of March! This Friday is always a big day in the world of ancient history lovers, because traditionally it marks the anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. More about the Ides of March in one moment. First an important notification…
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a year ago · 12 likes · 12 comments · Classical Wisdom

Behind the paywall: “The Ides of March”; The Grand Inquisitor; Remembering; The Singular Use of They; Endnotes

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