Ancient Wisdom for Modern Trouble

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Free speech, humor, power, persuasion, and human folly—from ancient Greece and Rome to modern institutions.

About Michael Fontaine

Cornell classicist. Author of How to Speak Freely and How to Tell a Joke. Ancient wisdom about free speech, humor, persuasion, power, and institutional life.

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