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Welcome
This is The Patrologist, the new but old site by Seumas Macdonald. I have a bit of tidying to do and making things more functional, but you can look forward to posts on language acquisition, ancient Greek and Latin, classics and patristics, and similar related topics. In the meantime you
What's worth doing: between the gym and the factory floor
Even as I wrote my last post, I considered complicating the metaphor I borrowed from Keeline: If you are working in a factory, you would be foolish not to use a forklift to lift things. If you are working out in a gym, you would be foolish to use a
Whither the humanities
(This was originally posted to my substack. But I think it's such an important piece, and it crosses the divide between my two blogging spaces, that I am reposting it here) The university sector is in crisis, humanities are under threat, AI is killing our ability to think,
Kevilex: An online Ancient Greek reading platform
Next in my series of things to share and tell you I'm excited about, Kevilex. (Just to be clear, this post is in no way sponsored by Kevilex. I just appreciate it so much I decided to tell you about it all). So excited, I made a whole