A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

Great Books Ep 102. Aristophanes - The Lysistrata. Intimacy in a Dopamine-Driven World

In a world where getting high is easy, is abstinence really a challenge?

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Rob, a bibliophile
Mar 23, 2025
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“I will abstain from Love and Love’s delights. \ And take no pleasure though my lord invites. \ And sleep a vestal all alone at nights. \ And live a stranger to all nuptial rites. \ I will abjure the very name of Love. \ So help me Zeus, and all the Powers above. \ If I do this, my cup be filled with wine. \ But if I fail, a…

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