Word: philias
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...story is Pseudolus, a slave who yearns for liberty more than anything else. When his master, young Hero (played by Matthew L. Christian ’06) falls in love with his neighbor’s courtesan, Pseudolus sees his chance to win freedom. His plan: Buy the beautiful Philia away from her master, the licentious Lycus; give her to the amorous Hero; and get out of town...
...community did not last for long. Fiscal difficulties plagued Philia, and the founder’s attempts to secure financial backing for the venture were less than successful...
Blumenfeld’s original plan had been to expand the Philia enterprise and purchase property in other South Pacific islands. Despite the failure, he recalls the experiment as being very exciting—“one of the great challenges in my lifetime...
...waning days of 1962, after the Philia experiment had come to a halt, Blumenfeld had a chance meeting with Washington Post owner Philip Graham in Paris. “He hired me on the spot,” Blumenfeld recalls...
Despite his pessimism about current events, Blumenfeld is still looking to leave the world a better place than he found it, a progressive impulse that remains from his earlier Philia days...