The Open Palm and the Closed Fist: A Guide to Classical Rhetoric and the Latin Language (Ad Navseam Ep. 121)
Join Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle as they explore the Five Canons of Rhetoric. From Aristotle to Cicero, discover the secrets of persuasion, the power of the Latin language, and why the “open palm” of rhetoric is the counterpart to the “closed fist” of dialectic.
Tarzan, the Aeneid, and the Latin Language: Why the Ape Man is a Classical Hero (Ad Navseam Ep. 118)
Join Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle in Part 2 of their deep dive into “Tarzan and Tradition.” Discover how Edgar Rice Burroughs used ring composition, Ovidian themes, and the Latin language to craft a hero in the mold of Odysseus and Aeneas.
Tarzan of the Apes and the Latin Language: A Classical Defense of Pulp Fiction (Ad Navseam Ep. 117)
Join Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle as they explore the surprising connections between Tarzan, the Latin language, and classical rhetoric. Discover how Edgar Rice Burroughs used chiasmus, polarity, and his education in Caesar to create a modern myth.
Solving the Census of Quirinius: A Latin & Greek Deep Dive (Ad Navseam Ep. 107)
Join Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle as they apply Occam’s Razor to the Lucan Census. Explore the Latin and Greek grammar behind the nativity story, the mystery of iterum, and the historical reliability of Luke.
From Cicero to Pico: Tracing the Dignity of Man in the Latin Language (Ad Navseam Ep. 94)
Join Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle as they explore the history of “The Dignity of Man.” From Cicero’s dignitas to the Renaissance humanism of Petrarch and Pico della Mirandola, discover how the Latin language shaped Western identity.
The Little Pots of Numa: Cicero, the Latin Language, and the Nature of the Gods (Ad Navseam Ep. 73)
Join Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle as they conclude their deep dive into Cicero’s De Natura Deorum. In Episode 73, they explore Book 3, the conflict between Roman tradition and Greek reason, and why the Latin language captures the essence of divine authority.
The Universe as God: Cicero and the Stoic Argument for Providence (Ad Navseam Ep. 72)
Join Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle on the Ad Navseam Podcast as they explore Book 2 of Cicero’s De Natura Deorum. Discover the Stoic arguments for a rational universe, the meaning of pronoea, and why a sundial proves the existence of the gods.
What’s Up with the Gods? Cicero, the Latin Language, and the Nature of Divinity (Ad Navseam Ep. 71)
Join Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle as they dive into Cicero’s De Natura Deorum. Discover the secrets of the Latin language, why infinitives are actually nouns, and how Roman philosophy tackles the existence of the gods.
Samuel Rutherford: The “Happy” Puritan and the Grind of Translation (Ad Navseam Ep. 112)
Join Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle as they discuss the life of Scottish commissioner Samuel Rutherford, the “Examen Arminianismi,” and the arduous process of translating 800 pages of scholastic Latin.
Dr. Amphibolus vs. Dr. Hyperbolicus: Erasmus, Luther, and the Battle for the Latin Language (Ad Navseam Ep. 77)
Explore the life of Desiderius Erasmus, the Prince of Humanists, on the Ad Navseam Podcast. Discover his rivalry with Martin Luther, his revolutionary work translating the New Testament, and why the Latin language was the “secret code” of the Renaissance.