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Reflections: "Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words", Review of Professor Zarefsky's on-line course:

Review of: Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words (Taught by David Zarefsky, The Teaching Company) Professor Zarefsky’s course provides us with an incredible opportunity. He opens the doors to an in-… more →

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Reflections: "Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words", Review of Professor Zarefsky's on-line course:

amelo14 wrote 3 weeks ago: Review of: Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words (Taught by David Zarefsky, The Teaching Company) Profes … more →

Tags: on philosophy (long), On Politics, on Aristotle, on Leo Strauss, Political Rhetoric, Philosophical topics, on prudence, on prudential questioning, On Slavery

Reflections: Elementos para una Educación Política Clásica, Response to “El Tiempo” columns 7: Comentario a Francisco Cajiao: “Educar para la Política”

amelo14 wrote 10 months ago: Reflections: Response to “El Tiempo” columns 7: Comentario a Francisco Cajiao: “Educar para la Polít … more →

Tags: on philosophy (long), Response to "EL Tiempo" columns, On Politics, on Nicomachean Ethics, on Pangle, on Leo Strauss, on agoristic philosophy, Philosophical topics, on prudential questioning

Reflections: Leo Strauss on moderation and the extremisms of Colombia

amelo14 wrote 10 months ago: Reflections: Leo Strauss on moderation and the extremisms of Colombia As one regards the politics of … more →

Tags: On Politics, on Leo Strauss, on agoristic philosophy, Education, Philosophical topics, on prudence, on prudential questioning, amelo14, andresmelo

Reflections: Socrates and Xenophon, the philosophic and the political life — 2 comments

amelo14 wrote 10 months ago: Reflections: Socrates and Xenophon, the philosophic and the political life At the very least, this i … more →

Tags: Education, on academic philosophy, on agoristic philosophy, On Politics, Socrates, on Xenophon, Philosophical topics, writing, Agora

Reflections: Abraham Lincoln y la esclavitud, Response to “El Tiempo” columns 5: Comentario a Daniel Samper Pizano “Lincoln, un racista lleno de gloria” (Spanish) — 1 comment

amelo14 wrote 11 months ago: Abraham Lincoln y la esclavitud, Response to “El Tiempo” columns 5: Comentario a Daniel Samper Pizan … more →

Tags: on philosophy (long), Response to "EL Tiempo" columns, on Aristotle, on ethics, Philosophical topics, on prudence, on prudential questioning, On Slavery, Slavery

Reflections: Virtual epitaph for my father; the love of horses — 3 comments

amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Some time has passed since my father’s untimely death. Since then an epitaph has been chosen to be p … more →

Tags: On Politics, on ecology, Letters, On quotes, Deep Ecology, horses, death, Epitaphs, epitaph for my father

Reflections: Humans, the giving animals

amelo14 wrote 3 years ago: Humans: the giving animals “Unwittingly noble. A man’s behavior is unwittingly noble if … more →

Tags: on philosophy (long), On Politics, on Aristotle, on ethics, on giving, on liberality, on Nietzsche, Reflection, rarefaction

Reflections: On my art and "T" people — 1 comment

amelo14 wrote 4 years ago: On my artistic work “More and more, we know more of less; until there will come a time when we will … more →

Tags: on thought itself, on philosophy (long), On Art, on liberality, On Myself, on T people, Reflection, rarefaction, amelo14

Reflections: On radical linearism; some working ideas — 4 comments

amelo14 wrote 4 years ago: (Note: JUST IN CASE, FOR AN IDENTICAL PRESENTATION WHICH INCLUDES SOME PHOTOS, PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOW … more →

Tags: on philosophy (short), On Myself, Art, radical linearism, Line Art, Reflection, rarefaction, amelo14, andresmelo

Reflections: The Debate over Bilingual Education in the USA — 4 comments

amelo14 wrote 13 years ago: THE DEBATE OVER BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND THE SPANISH LANGUAGE DEBATE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA … more →

Tags: on philosophy (long), On Politics, on language, on immigration, on bilingualism, on hispanics

Reflections: Aristotle on courage

amelo14 wrote 13 years ago: In order to try to better understand the different ways in which the moral virtues are exhibited and … more →

Tags: Socrates, on philosophy (short), On Politics, on Aristotle, on courage, on Nicomachean Ethics, Books, Reflection, rarefaction

Reflections: Some tentative aspects of Aristotle's understanding of noble friendship, self-love and happiness

amelo14 wrote 13 years ago: INTRODUCTION    The very fact that Aristotle dedicates two complete books to the issue of friendship … more →

Tags: on philosophy (long), On Politics, on Aristotle, on ethics, on Nicomachean Ethics, Books, On Friendship, on Montaigne, Reflection

Reflections: Language, Goods and Dialogue: some tentative aspects of the immigrant condition — 1 comment

amelo14 wrote 14 years ago: IMPORTANT: PLEASE REDUCE FONT IN BROWSER AS I HAVE HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS SCANNING THIS ESSAY LANGUAGE … more →

Tags: on philosophy (long), On Politics, on ethics, on language, on immigration, on bilingualism, on hispanics, Reflection, rarefaction

Reflections: On Socratism as a way of life

amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Those of us who regard Socrates as a serious contender as regards the direction of our lives, can an … more →

Tags: Socrates, on philosophy (short), on philosophy (long), On Politics, on Plato, on Aristotle, on ethics, on Xenophon, on courage


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