What true lovers are committed to, the consummation of their quest… thus becomes admirable [when the beloved is treated as if he (or she) were treated as a god] and a way for someone who is madd… more →
I am emaleMichael Comenetz wrote 1 week ago: An untitled poem of 1854 by A. A. Fet, literally translated, goes something like this. How cool it i … more →
Orlick wrote 2 weeks ago: I have the tendency, but have managed to collect only a few things in my life. Baseball cards when I … more →
pensum wrote 3 months ago: [The Globe and Mail] Twenty-eight years ago, psychologist and computer scientist Herbert Simon obser … more →
devilpenguin wrote 3 months ago: Source: http://www.lefavole.org/en/antiche.htm http://www.lefavole.org/en/moderne.htm THE ANCIENT FA … more →
josh80 wrote 3 months ago: So I wrote on this passage from Lewis in another blog. I guess it’s a favorite of mine. I was … more →
Nick Capeling wrote 3 months ago: Most scientists, scholars and activists would agree that the causes of climate change can be traced … more →
andreaskluth wrote 5 months ago: So Socrates loved good conversations, which he called dialectic, and disdained bad conversations, wh … more →
mairsmagic wrote 7 months ago: Φαῖδρος Eros. Attic red-figure bobbin, ca. 470 BC-450 BC provided by Wikimedia Commons Phaedrus is t … more →
alsfakia wrote 7 months ago: Young John picked up a sleeping snake and hugged him closed, – the cold had chilled him … more →
fleance7 wrote 9 months ago: Image via Wikipedia Our esteemed guest blogger today is Mr. Adam Reece, who shares his considered th … more →
ccwe wrote 10 months ago: DILTON MARSH The Prometheus Trust 28 Petticoat Lane, Dilton Marsh, Westbury, Wiltshire BA13 4DG Te;/ … more →
Mikhail Emelianov wrote 11 months ago: Time: Olden Days. Location: Athens. Characters: Phaedrus, Socrates, Kant, Derrida. Socrates … more →
Ron Pavellas wrote 11 months ago: I read several books during July, my “vacation” month, coincident with Eva’s official hi … more →
Konservo wrote 1 year ago: Plato’s dialogue Phaedrus is one of the most colorful and poetic works of the great philosophe … more →
kyle wrote 1 year ago: I pulled the pink paperback out of my lunch cooler. My back was to everyone else when I read it in t … more →
thom ashworth wrote 1 year ago: Dates and great men meet OUR needs? This state of volition has got to cease. Plato and his wolfish f … more →
untimelymediations wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes we have to be a tiny bit selfish, and this week’s readings surely exemplified this trait l … more →
untimelymediations wrote 1 year ago: An Inadequate Corporeal (Body vs. Soul): Perhaps, reading Rotman last semester propels minor preoccu … more →