Leo Salvatore
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Leo Salvatore holds a bachelor's and a master's in the humanities, with a focus on classics and philosophy. His writing has appeared in Venti, VoegelinView, Future in Educational Research, Medium, and his Substack, “Thales’ Well.”
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Aristotle’s 3 Main Influences on America’s Founding Fathers
The Founding Fathers agreed with a number of Aristotle’s ideas, including the notion that a government should help secure its citizens’ happiness.
Soren Kierkegaard’s 3 Stages for a Meaningful Life
To be completely fulfilled in life, humankind must find purpose through faith.
3 Ways Plato Influenced the American Founding Fathers
From George Washington to James Madison, the men who established America cherished the classics.
Saint Augustine of Hippo’s 3-Stage Path to the Divine
Augustine’s progression from sin to virtue is clear through three stages of his relationship to language.
3 Insights to Find Your True Voice From ‘Letters to a Young Poet’
Rainer Maria Rilke wrote on the importance of solitude and sincerity in cultivating beauty in art and meaning in life.
Vitruvius: The Roman Architect Who Laid the Foundations of Western Architecture
It may come as a surprise that architecture influences public mood and opinion. A 20th-century switch from classic to modernist styles has had negative effects.
‘On the Sublime’ in Literature
Is beauty really in the eye or ear of the beholder or are there standards that apply to define it?
Cicero on the Ideal Orator
What are the most important traits of a good speaker? How can the powerful tool of oratory be used for good? Cicero’s answers are as timely as ever.
Aristotle’s 3 Types of Friendship
Most Americans believe friendship is important to their happiness. Let’s look at how Aristotle described a good friendship.
