Tag Archives: Freedom or Death

I Wept for Greece

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Ron Pavellas

When tears well in my eyes upon reading a passage in a book, I must explore the possible reasons for this. I am only sixty percent through reading “Postcards from Greece,” by Victoria Hislop. Her story is unerringly soulful and … Continue reading →

Posted in Greece, History | Tagged Cartes Postales from Greece, eleftheria i thanatos, Freedom or Death, Greek Church, Greek Civil War, Holy Roman Empire, philhellenes, Treaty of Constantinople, Turkey, Victoria Hislop | 4 Comments

Liberty & Freedom

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Ron Pavellas

I have been reading the Englishman John Stuart Mills’s essay On Liberty, first published in 1859. Here is a taste: The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in…history, particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England. … Continue reading →

Posted in Government & Politics, Philosophy & Psychology | Tagged eleftheria, Freedom or Death, Gilbert and Sullivan, Greece, Greek War of Independence, Hellenic Republic, Iolanthe, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty | 1 Comment

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