Tag Archives for Plato
happy, happy birthday!
Folks, Today is the birthday of our colleague in the reading odyssey, Erin McKean. Please join me in wishing Erin a happy, happy birthday. For those of you who attended ROAM 3 you had the pleasure of meeting Erin and her mother. Thanks, Erin for b… Continue reading
Your favorite reading chair?
Folks, I want to buy a good chair to read in. Right now I read in bed or on our couch. Where do you read? Do you have a good chair you like? Phil Continue reading
Photo of Hedy at the Sawdust Festival
Folks, I had an opportunity to spend time this week with our esteemed colleague, Hedy Williamson. Below is a photo of me, Hedy and Lisa standing in front of some art done by a friend of hers (if you can believe it, I forgot to get a photo of Hedy … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
some thoughts.
All,Last night’s discussion has stayed with me for some reason. Like many, I only finished reading the text at lunch, so I didn’t have a lot of time to reflect. Here’s what comes to mind since: 1. In retrospect, I am not sure Phil and Pat ultimate… Continue reading
Herodotus’ story retold in Plato? ROAM 3
Herodotus and Plato readers, Interesting tidbit – early in Republic II (the second book of Plato’s Republic), Plato’s character Glaucon brings up the story of Gyges of Lydia. The Gyges story starts in Herodotus 1.8 and is the famous story of Gyges… Continue reading →
07. August 2008 by Arrian
Categories: Commentary, Commentary, Herodotus, Plato | Tags: Herodotus, Plato | 1 comment