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July 2008 Plato – Phaedrus & Protagoras – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the July Plato call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Plato-July2008-Phaedrus-Protagoras.mp3 Continue reading
The Geopolitics of Iran: Holding the Center of a Mountain Fortress
Fellow Herodotans — The article below comes from Stratfor, who describe themselves as the leading online publisher of geopolitical intelligence. I’m a subscriber and I find them always interesting, often surprising and never arrogant. Btw, they e… Continue reading
Thucydides and the eclipse
Folks, Member Erin McKean just sent this article from New Scientist about Thucydides and the eclipse. Thanks, Erin! PhilDownload Thucydides_eclipse.pdf Continue reading
Questions in advance of our Tuesday call on Phaedrus/Protagoras
Folks, Here are some questions that may guide our discussion Tuesday night 8pm NYC time (5pm in California where I am now). I look forward to discussing the questions below (and the questions I should have asked). Phil —Phaedrus— – SpeechesPha… Continue reading
Thought you’d be interested in this
Dear Friends -Attached is a pdf of a paper about…paper! I wanted to pass this along to my fellow bibliophiles. You may want to print it out instead of reading it on your computer – you’ll understand when you read it! Looking forward to our call…. Continue reading
Herodotus Shows Up Again
Team, I was on one of my weekly business flights and I picked up a Discover Magazine for some light reading during take-off and landing when I’m not allowed to use my electronic work gadgets. I was reading an article on mummies that was fascinatin… Continue reading
Lovin’ Phaedrus…how about you?
folks, i’m lovin’ Phaedrus – especially after you get beyond the speeches and discover that what this dialogue is about – at least in part – is the exploration of rhetoric, deception and truth (starting on page 535 in our text or section 258 parag… Continue reading
Book 6 Landmark Herodotus – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for Herodotus Book 6. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Herodotus-June2008-book6.mp3 Continue reading
Herodotus update
Hi y’all,Just a reminder about our call tonight:8pm EST1 866 628 8620 112431# subsequent conference call dates:Book 7 Mon Aug 11Books 8 & 9 Mon Sept 8 Looking forward to our discussion on Book 7 and Marathon,Andre Continue reading
Plato, the housing crisis and probability theory
Folks, Some additional thoughts in advance of our call tonight. Why do we so often make short-sighted decisions that bring a little short-term pleasure and a lot of long-term misery? Why do we act so seemingly irrationally – i.e. against our own b… Continue reading →
15. July 2008 by Arrian
Categories: Commentary, Plato | Tags: Plato | 1 comment