Author: Ian Johnston
Ian Johnston is an emeritus professor at Vancouver Island University. He has translated a number of works of classical literature, including Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Ovid, and Lucretius. These translations are freely available (as are many of his other writings) on his web page johnstonia.
Thou Shalt Not Steal, or Shouldst Thou?
Is the use of GAI equivalent to plagiarism? If so, what can/should we do about it? [...]
Golf as Spiritual Ordeal
Golf, is it about relaxation? You may change our mind after reading Ian Johnston’s article. [...]
Ninety Seconds to Midnight
As Albert Schweitzer said, “Man has the lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end up destroying the earth.” After years of emphasis on science and technology, we are closer [...]
Dancing With Jim Crow
For many decades, the ideals, promises and opportunities of American society were not available to Black citizens, especially in the Southern states. The lengthy struggle for equal rights a [...]
On Roots, Fruits, and Religious Disputes
Ian Johnston invokes William James in arguing for tolerance of those who hold religious beliefs. Religion has persisted, even prospered, in the face of rationalist criticism. Perhaps it fill [...]
On Hobbes, Virtue Ethics, and Liberty
Thomas Hobbes revolutionized our thinking about politics by challenging the long tradition of virtue politics and by offering a new blueprint for the modern state. [...]
Some Observations on Machiavelli’s The Prince
We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with the columbine innocency, except m [...]
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