February 1, 1981 by •
Agathias,
angel(s),
aristocracy,
Asia,
Attila,
Augustine,
barbarians,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
churchmen,
civilized man,
conformity,
Constantine,
culture(s),
demands,
devil(s),
East and West,
education,
Emperor,
Empire,
fourth century A.D.,
free men,
freedom,
God,
Greece,
Greek,
internal decay,
Jesus Christ,
Khan(s),
landowners,
loyalty,
opposition,
oversimplification,
pagan(s),
panegyrics,
Persia,
persuasion,
polarized loyalties,
Priscus,
rhetoric,
Romanitas,
Romans,
Rome,
scholar(s),
Scythians,
society,
super-weapon,
the Church,
the Faith,
the nobles,
Two Worlds,
Vandals,
Western civilization
Western Political Quarterly 6:4 (1953):631-657; CWHN 10:195. An examination of the problem of loyalty in the 4th century, with obvious significance for our own time. — Midgley
June 2, 1965 by •
ancient civilization,
Arab(s),
Babylonian(s),
Cicero,
conceited,
entertainment,
Hajji Baba,
intellectual,
knowledge,
orators,
persuasion,
philosophy,
Protagoras,
rhetor,
rhetoric,
scholar(s),
self-interest,
Socrates,
Sophistry,
Sophists,
spoiled
“Victoriosa Loquacitas: The Rise of Rhetoric and the Fall of Everything Else,” Western Speech 20:2 (Spring 1956):57-82; CWHN 10:243-286. A study of the rhetoric of the second Sophistic movement and its influence on politics and culture generally, with obvious significance for our own time because of remarkable parallel developments in the current world of business, …
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