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" ... As a student of Socrates, Xenophon was familiar with the contention that the life of philosophy, i.e., a life devoted to contemplating the nature of things, is, in the hierarchy of lives, at the top. Of secondary importance, and perhaps even in conflict with the life of the philosophy, is the political life, a life dependent on honor. The Anabasis confounds this distinction, for it is a philosophic work masquerading as a third-person historical-biography by a man engaged in political (i.e., ruling) activity. These disjunctions, mirrored against its author's life, however, raise a few important questions. For instance, why would Xenophon, a student of Socrates (read: philosophy), abandon the life of the mind for uncertain political ends? Does Xenophon’s success reveal that political life is superior to the life of philosophy or is it dependent on it? Or perhaps philosophy and politics can be united in rare individuals? These turn out to be some of the questions that animate much of the Western canon, and for this reason alone the Anabasis is worth a lengthy visit. ... "
" ... How should we make sense of these two very different alternatives to bureaucracy? I think bureaucracy confounds two different problems, so as a result there are two different solutions. To be specific: ... "
" ... Meanwhile, it’s De Boer’s rigidity that confounds. Atlanta are in the middle of a grueling six-game, 18-day stretch. And De Boer has acknowledged the need to rotate his squad, then kept at least nine of the same faces in his starting XI from one game to the next. ... "
" ... One of the topics that confounds many job-seekers is the world of third-party recruiting, also called headhunting. Third-party recruiters or search consultants, sometimes called headhunters, are people who work for employers who have job openings they're trying to fill. ... "
" ... U.S. banks promote mobile check deposits as an innovative feature, while many of those new to the U.S. are surprised by the fact that checks are still being used at all. Online bill payment services that send a physical check to the recipient are a notion that confounds even long-term residents. ... "