Dan Meyer

Student of history, literature and philosophy. ⛎

[Dan Meyer @danpmeyer]

Plutarch’s Lives is perhaps the greatest history of the classical world. Bernadotte Perrin’s complete modern translation for the Loeb Classical Library is available here in an affordable two-volume set arranged chronologically for more linear reading. https://t.co/ae40fAsgwv

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What are they doing to people in Butler?

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Butler County man accused of planning terrorist attack in support of ISIS appears in federal court https://t.co/zQE4pyRozp

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I’ve completely redesigned my website. Feel free to check it out if you’re interested in my writing and ongoing projects. https://t.co/ip0jGiqts1

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@bitmapped “Whines” or simply explains the process? You want to hold the Center to extreme standards, while sticking your thumbs in your ears and ignoring any logical explanations.

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@wvgazettemail @WV_Watch What are these standards? They just hired their first professor, have no permanent courses, and haven’t even moved into their offices—your headline makes it sound like a failure, when this is exactly what you’d expect from any organization in the early planning stages.

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@YaPortlandamber @LqLana …also only started planning six months ago. Do you expect them to snap their fingers and conjure up a student body when they’ve only just hired their first professors, have no permanent courses, and still haven’t even moved into their offices?

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@DailyAthenaeum Your article fails to mention that OSU has 67,000 students, compared to WVU’s 26,000. Might be useful to mention how much smaller @WashingtonWVU’s pool of students is, when trying to criticize it compared to other civics centers.

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@MatthewMcLaugh8 What does this even mean?

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@ameliaknisely What are these standards? It’s been in existence for just over six months. It’s still in the early building stages: just hired its first professor a few weeks ago, has no permanent courses, and still hasn’t even moved into its offices. You seem to have cherry-picked your facts.

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@MediaBusters6 Two years? What are you talking about? The Center has been in existence for just over six months. Do you expect whole institutions to form fully-formed from the womb?

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@costofglory Reading Plutarch is the single best way to study ancient history. Far more rewarding to read chronologically, which few complete editions do. If you plan on just reading the Loeb in English anyways, these volumes are highly accessible for more accessible. https://t.co/I1R58q0LWm

[Dan Meyer @danpmeyer]

Plutarch’s Lives is perhaps the greatest history of the classical world. Bernadotte Perrin’s complete modern translation for the Loeb Classical Library is available here in an affordable two-volume set arranged chronologically for more linear reading. https://t.co/ae40fAsgwv

[Dan Meyer @danpmeyer]

Reconsidering the textbook moral interpretation of the Melian Dialogue after reading Nietzsche’s “Homer’s Contest.”

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Coworker told me I should watch “In Like Flint” (1967) so I cracked my knuckles and prepared to tell him about the obsession I had with James Coburn as a kid.

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Why is it that neither the Left nor the Right-wing in America has any interest in educational reform? Easily the most important, pressing issue and nobody cares because once you graduate you never think about school again.

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People neglect the fact that James Bond drank a dry vodka martini, not gin. Frankly I find this distasteful.

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I might just imitate Nietzsche and call myself a Hungarian nobleman, claiming that my surname is derived etymologically from the Magyars.

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@ryjlocal If you’d like to buy the Loeb editions but only plan on reading Bernadotte Perrin’s English translation anyways, it’s available in a much cheaper two-volume set—arranged chronologically for a more natural reading experience. https://t.co/ae40fAsgwv

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@tonytheaker If you’d like to buy the Loeb editions but only plan on reading Bernadotte Perrin’s English translation anyways, it’s available in a much cheaper two-volume set—arranged chronologically for a more natural reading experience. https://t.co/ae40fAsgwv

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@radiomonroe So, ancient Greece and Rome was simultaneously a bastion of liberal progressivism but studying and admiring it could be a sign of radical right-wing sentiments? What a confused article.

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@michaeltbenson @wvgovernor @WestVirginiaU @WVUEberly @travismollohan Miller is the perfect choice to lead such an institution. You would be hard pressed to find someone more understanding of our past, in tune with the present, and aware the thread that connects them.