The right not to be manipulated - preview of forthcoming book on the topic, MANIPULATION. John Tasioulas David Frum Richard M. Re Cambridge University Press Cambridge Economics theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

One of two gold #Mycenaean cups from the Vapheio tholos tomb, #Lakonia, 15th century BCE. The cups show relief scenes of capturing bulls. Many recovered Mycenaean artefacts are made with gold, suggesting they prospered from trade with other #Aegean cultures. 📷 Photo taken by

Today The New Digest: Our running conversation on AI and the law continues, sparked by @tradvat2’s argument against “Congress.AI”. In the latest installment, the great Rafael de Arizaga weighs in with a fascinating contrary view. Enjoy! api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy…

Bronze Age gold 'Vapheio Cups' found in a tholos tomb (or beehive tomb) in Vapheio, Lakonia, Greece (Less than 5 miles / 7.7 km from Sparta). Dated 16th-early 15th century BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. 📷 me.

The Bronze Spartan Shield from the Battle of Sphacteria in 425 BC, housed in the Athenian Agora Museum, is a tangible piece of one of the most pivotal and humiliating defeats for Sparta during the Peloponnesian War. This shield is a testament to the fierce resilience and

Inspired by the great APA Blog piece by Katherine Everitt 💥 on why AI isn’t artificial enough to be intelligent, I push the ontological envelope to categorize quantum AI as a form of will Samuel Kimbriel Ross Douthat open.substack.com/pub/apablog/p/…

A bronze bust often identified as Pythagoras from the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. Roman copy after a Greek original. τὸ μὲν φρόνιμον ἀθάνατον, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ θνητά. - Reason is immortal, all else mortal. Diogenes Laertius, Pythagoras

Two late Roman solidi: the coin above is of Emperor Julian (aka Julian the Apostate, 355-363 AD) minted in Antioch and the coin below is of Emperor Arcadius (383-408 AD) minted in Constantinople. These are on display in Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., USA. #numis

In the past few weeks The New Digest, we’ve been hosting an illuminating debate on whether an AI can make laws, properly so-called. Jeremy Christiansen, who led off the series with his piece on “Congress.AI,” holds that the answer is “no.” Today, in our final installment,

Two years ago today: "The Prosecution of Trump May Have Terrible Consequences". nytimes.com/2023/08/08/opi…

Gold stater depicting Alexander the Great, Greek, around 4th century BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A pair of Roman gold earrings that were made in Syria during the 3rd century AD. These are now on display in the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan, USA. #oro #Archaeology

A large 3,500 year-old gold ring found at the Mycenaean archaeological site of Tiryns, Peloponnese, Greece. This ring is believed to have been made in a Minoan workshop. Dated to 15th century BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. 📷 Athenologio. More info here:

Aphrodite and Eros, finger ring Greek, Hellenistic, 4th/3rd century BC, gold, 2.3x1.9, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.

Today The New Digest: I took the liberty of collecting my essays on the rule of law classically understood, before and apart from legal liberalism. The introduction emphasizes that (some) critics of liberalism, on both left and right, have mistakenly internalized the liberal

Greek Ring with dancing maenad, 400-300 BC, Getty Museum.

My piece in ⁦Engelsberg Ideas⁩ on #AI from the perspective of classical democracy ⁦Cass Sunstein⁩ ⁦Daron Acemoglu⁩ ⁦Hélène Landemore⁩ ⁦Michael Ignatieff⁩ engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-cla…

"The life of man is like a game of dice. If the throw most wanted doesn't come up,that which chance sends you must amend by skill" Ita vita est hominum, quasi quum ludas tesseris:Si illud quod maxime opus est iactu non cadit Illud quod cecidit forte id arte ut corrigas -Terence

Details, The Theatre of Dionysus.