My wife once told me a story from A Tale of Two Cities. It took place in a small village outside of Paris in the late 18th century. The French Revolution had not yet begun, and the townspeople were living under oppressive poverty. One day a large cask of wine was being unloaded from a …
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Aristotle’s Guide to Weight Loss
Last week I posted some thoughts regarding virtue ethics. The previous week I wrote disparagingly about Clean Eating. Since then, a lot of people have asked me about the connection between diet and virtue. OK, Tom Hanks is right. No one has asked me that. But still, it’s a question I’d like to engage. …