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Ancient and modern

The ancients would have thought Boris was deluded

7 February 2020

10:00 PM

7 February 2020

10:00 PM

The gloom that envelopes the Labour party stands in strong contrast to the confidence and hope that the Prime Minister exudes. But is he wise so to exude? Most ancients regarded hope as a delusion.

Achilles in the Iliad argued that the best man could hope for was a life of mixed good and evil.

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