This website contains essays written for The Wednesday Group.

• Locke’s Leviathan
  Wait, wasn’t Locke opposed to the Leviathan…?
• Signifying Saussure
  Even the most original ideas stand on the shoulders of ancients.
• Parmenides’ Puzzle
  A horse is a horse, of course, of course. Except when it isn’t.
• Derrida’s Logos (Part 3)
  Let’s wrap this up with three topics for the price of one.
• Derrida’s Logos (Part 2)
  We want to define a word. How hard can that be? Well….
• Derrida’s Logos (Part 1)
  Derrida took Plato to task for his views on writings. Now we return the favor.
• A Tale of Two Homers
  A look at the differences between oral and written traditions.
• Ethics and Morality in Thucydides
  Is “Realpolitik” really the natural state of the world, or is there something deeper?
• A Balancing Act (ChatGPT)
  There are some problems with ChatGPT, but not the ones most people think.
• Learning German
  Some takeaways from learning any new language, and some things special to German.
• Analysis of History
  What do we really mean when we talk about “history”?
• Umberto Eco and Semiotics
  Comparing three of Eco’s novels to understand the nature of words.
• Reflections on the The Trial of Socrates
  Why was Socrates executed? Was justice really served?