Archive for November, 2009

  • Thumos and Gameness – A Fighting Spirit

    Thumos and Gameness – A Fighting Spirit

    November 27th, 2009 | Uncategorized | Jack Donovan | Comments Off

    Prompted by Harvey C. Mansfield’s Manliness, which I am carefully re-reading, I started working my way through Plato’s Republic today. Mansfield introduced me to the concept of thumos, spelled thymos in Allan Bloom’s notes for The Republic. θυμός When Plato (as Socrates) introduces the concept in Book II, he compares a noble dog with a [...]

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  • The Spearhead – Gameness

    The Spearhead – Gameness

    November 4th, 2009 | Uncategorized | Jack Donovan | Comments Off

    New review posted to The Spearhead. Gameness – On Sam Sheridan’s “A Fighter’s Heart.” The first hundred pages of Sam Sheridan’s A Fighter’s Heart made me want to pack it in and take up needlepoint. After graduating from high school, Sheridan joined the Merchant Marines, went to Harvard to study art, sailed around the world [...]

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