Alexander the Great
208Cynic, Epic, Stoic, Skeptic
21 Oct 2024
1:18¶ 4
“In many ways the catalyst was Alexander because Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates assumed the supremacy of the polis, the local city-state. Alexander just created…”
4:51¶ 13
“Alexander came to visit Diogenes and asked, “Is there anything I can do for you?” and Diogenes said, “Yes, stand a little to the…”
203How Alex Conquered the World
19 Aug 2024
14:23¶ 45
“Now skip forward a bit. Why he did what he did he explains later, and let’s hold onto that for a second. But in…”
16:14¶ 49
“Then he sees the high priest in his high priestly garments, stops and gets down from his horse and looks at the man and…”
17:22¶ 52
“He says, “When I was in Macedon contemplating whether or not my dad’s idea was any good, whether or not we really had a…”
195From Marathon and On
3 Jun 2024
29:54¶ 92
“He has a son, Alexandros III, who picks up his father’s dream and sets his eyes on Persia. “There’s a lot of wealth there,…”
31:04¶ 94
“Alexander attacked the Persian armies again and again and again, and their current emperor Darius III kept running away and backing off and retreating.…”
31:27¶ 95
“So the Persian empire passed into the hands of Alexander the Great, who consolidated his power and went on through Persia, and on past…”
147The Course of Empire
5 Dec 2022
18:40¶ 75
“Alexander at least left everything alone. He read the prophecies of his conquests and offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, then went along his way…”
19:25¶ 77
“Nebuchadnezzar understood that fairly well. Cyrus and Darius and the first few Persian kings got that. Alexander – Josephus said he had a dream…”
22:22¶ 83
“After that the he-goat with one great horn is the king of Greece, Alexander. So we’ve got the first ticked off pretty clearly, and…”
133Of Contracts and Covenants (Part 5) - By What Other Standard?
29 Aug 2022
14:05¶ 38
“Then comes Alexander and he builds them all into one kingdom, one empire, that then encompasses Persia as well, and other nations beyond, as…”
14:34¶ 39
“It’s so funny that the advent of globalism comes with Alexander, who’s a globalist in that he wants to rule the world, which is…”
14:53¶ 40
“Because I’m the unity, to borrow a line from Star Trek. So what happens in the Hellenistic age, the age that follows the death…”