Xenophon's Books
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The Memorable Thoughts of SocratesLogic is a lawyer's best weapon. To this day, Socrates is the master of rhetoric. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon recorded the great philosopher's...Read More
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Yahoo! News Australia, November 18, 2009
...Senator Nick Xenophon's attack on the Church of Scientology has raised several questions about its position within Australia. A lecturer in philosophy and religious studies at La Trobe University, Dr Rod Blackhurst...
Brisbane Times, October 30, 2009
...hotel. The intense debate about dealing with climate change has mostly taken place in the rich world. Nick Xenophon It's always best to have a fence at the top of a cliff than the world's best equipped ambulance at its base...
Perth Now, October 26, 2009
...ensure the company is not hiding any funds that should be going to asbestos victims, independent senator Nick Xenophon says. "Show me the books," Senator Xenophon said. "The Government should be pursuing James Hardie and its directors to extract every...
Brisbane Times, October 24, 2009
...0 The intense debate about dealing with climate change has mostly taken place in the rich world. Nick Xenophon It's always best to have a fence at the top of a cliff than the world's best equipped ambulance at its base. Kevin Rudd's hero, Dietrich...
Brisbane Times, October 23, 2009
...class of '99, but much of ... HIGHER School Certificate students were asked yesterday to discuss ... Comments 0 Nick Xenophon It's always best to have a fence at the top of a cliff than the world's best equipped ambulance at its base. Kevin Rudd's hero,...
Sydney Morning Herald, October 8, 2009
...the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association annual conference in Canberra came as the independent senator Nick Xenophon called for an immediate ban on sports gambling and the Federal Government identified it as an evolving threat. Public...
National Post, September 19, 2009
...movies. The French Connection, Thelma & Louise, The Warriors (Walter Hill?s 1979 thriller, itself a reference to Xenophon?s Anabasis), are among the movies mentioned in the novel. These and other films penetrate the psyches of those who recall them....
USA Today, August 23, 2009
...Great, founder of the Persian Empire, who united most of the ancient Middle East into a single state. "Xenophon, a Greek scholar who stepped up in a time of crisis to take command of a despondent army of mercenaries stranded in the middle of a hostile...
USA Today, August 23, 2009
...Great, founder of the Persian Empire, who united most of the ancient Middle East into a single state. "Xenophon, a Greek scholar who stepped up in a time of crisis to take command of a despondent army of mercenaries stranded in the middle of a hostile...
Christian Science Monitor, July 17, 2009
...Olmstead doesn?t harbor any irrational prejudices against quotation marks). Napoleon Childs, a middle-aged cavalryman, and his brother, Xenophon, are career soldiers. ?There?s always one more war to fight,? Napoleon comments early on. But this...
Reuters, July 14, 2009
...the Big Four banks, which are benefiting the most from the Rudd Government's guarantee.' Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has promised to support the move for a Senate inquiry. Page 2. --...
Sydney Morning Herald, July 11, 2009
...the University of Western Sydney to learn about organising and to hear speeches from Tim Flannery, senators Nick Xenophon and Christine Milne, the NSW Premier, Nathan Rees, and via video link from Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations panel...
Washington Post, May 30, 2009
...a laconic veteran named Napoleon. (Don't be so quick to laugh at his name; his brother is Xenophon.) Only one other soldier, called Extra Billy, is seasoned. The others are greenhorns, men Napoleon wouldn't choose for battle, men like Preston, who is...
Cleveland Live, May 24, 2009
...hard to read and hard to put down, following a character named Napoleon Childs. He and his brother Xenophon are aging cavalrymen, part of a unit dispatched to Mexico in 1916 to capture Poncho Villa. They never see him. Napoleon leads a small band of...
zenpundit.com, October 10, 2009
...and Conflict in the 21st Century - PW Singer (Finish, currently reading) The Anabasis of Cyrus (Agora) - Xenophon The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One - David Kilcullen The Scientific Way of Warfare: Order and...
Revolt Against Pretty Much Everything, October 7, 2009
...The Siege of BelgradeAn Austrian army, awfully array’d,Boldly by battery besiege Belgrade;Cossack commanders cannonading come,Deal devastation’s dire destructive doom;Ev’ry endeavour engineers essay,For fame, for freedom, fight, fierce furious...
Firedoglake, August 29, 2009
...the more you learn, from concepts to spelling. He wouldn't even have had to read Aristole or Xenophon, heck there's there's lots of books which use the word he's trying to spell in this video. ...
The Strategist, August 25, 2009
...They're written by people who were leaders and walked the walk, often in extreme situations - like Xenophon, Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Clausewitz, Shackleton and Churchill. The titles won't mention "leadership" or "management". Nor will they make things...
