Leo Salvatore
Author
Leo Salvatore is an arts and culture writer with a master's degree in classics and philosophy from the University of Chicago and a master's degree in humanities from Ralston College. He aims to inform, delight, and inspire through well-researched essays on history, literature, and philosophy. Contact Leo at [email protected]
LATEST
Pericles’s Funeral Oration
The statesman’s speech illustrates the importance of articulating higher principles in dire times.
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Montaigne on the Road
The French Renaissance thinker discovered the value of travel while searching for a medical cure.
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Leo Tolstoy’s Search for Meaning
How a pilgrimage helped one of Russia’s greatest authors find spiritual fulfillment.
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‘Middlemarch’: The Power of Acceptance
Mary Ann Evans’s ‘Middlemarch’ reminds readers that mistakes are essential to moral growth.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Journey Through Italy
The artist’s travels reveal the power of beauty to make us whole.
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Revenge and Resolution in Aeschylus’s ‘Oresteia’
The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus asked thought-provoking questions still relevant thousands of years later.
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The Singing Historian: The Ancient Greek Herodotus
Herodotus, the ‘father of history,’ was a traveling storyteller.
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The Poet Who Founded Democracy
The Athenian statesman Solon sowed the seed of democracy through verse.
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On the Power of Writing: Ovid’s Hopeful Longing
The exiled Roman poet showed readers the power of writing to craft hope amid adversity.
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Bernard of Clairvaux’s 4 Degrees of Love
The French abbot explained what he believed it means to love oneself, others, and the divine.
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Pericles’s Funeral Oration
The statesman’s speech illustrates the importance of articulating higher principles in dire times.
|
Montaigne on the Road
The French Renaissance thinker discovered the value of travel while searching for a medical cure.
|
Leo Tolstoy’s Search for Meaning
How a pilgrimage helped one of Russia’s greatest authors find spiritual fulfillment.
|
‘Middlemarch’: The Power of Acceptance
Mary Ann Evans’s ‘Middlemarch’ reminds readers that mistakes are essential to moral growth.
|
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Journey Through Italy
The artist’s travels reveal the power of beauty to make us whole.
|
Revenge and Resolution in Aeschylus’s ‘Oresteia’
The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus asked thought-provoking questions still relevant thousands of years later.
|
The Singing Historian: The Ancient Greek Herodotus
Herodotus, the ‘father of history,’ was a traveling storyteller.
|
The Poet Who Founded Democracy
The Athenian statesman Solon sowed the seed of democracy through verse.
|
On the Power of Writing: Ovid’s Hopeful Longing
The exiled Roman poet showed readers the power of writing to craft hope amid adversity.
|
Bernard of Clairvaux’s 4 Degrees of Love
The French abbot explained what he believed it means to love oneself, others, and the divine.
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