Aristotelian Conceptions of the Good in “The Duck Song 5”

by Joseph P. Oldsboy, freshman | edited by Zachary Chen As every educated person everywhere knows, Aristotle once defined the concept of true happiness or eudaimonia as an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue. What most people don’t know, however, is that he could have also defined virtue in terms of “The Duck Song 5.” In what follows, I shall attempt to prove … Continue reading Aristotelian Conceptions of the Good in “The Duck Song 5”

A Humble Suggestion

by Jameson Payne  There is a specter haunting Michigan—haunting the whole world. One by one, our venerable institutions topple, swept away by the tide of hubristic reformers, new-fangled utopians, and latter-day fanatics. Harvard has fallen to the Bolshevists, Yale to the Hegelians, Berkeley to the Gnostics. The situation is grim. But, it is in being a solitary light within this dark that Hillsdale finds its … Continue reading A Humble Suggestion