Sitting at my desk in front of Plato’s Republic, I came across his image of the “divided line” for the first time. The Republic was my first encounter with Greek philosophy, and it exposed me to a whole new way of imagining the relationship between the ideal and the real.
Third Things
A straight horizon line separated Lake Lugano from the sky as the pervasive sun shined down, its rays extending across Collina d’Oro. Amid the rhythm of urban life, Emma and I sat on a bench overlooking the valley below.