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“Because of its absolute immanence to the symbolic, the Real cannot be positively signified; it can only be shown, in a negative gesture, as the inherent failure of symbolization: ‘if what we are talk… more →
Untimely Mediations
Protagorus
Ali Lochhead wrote 2 weeks ago: “A little older than Democrates was (480-411), also of Abdera. He is the most famous of the g … more →
How to argue and win ...
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powergroup wrote 1 month ago: I think I was in high school when I first heard about the 5th century BC sophists – a class of … more →
Sophists
Earthpages.ca wrote 2 months ago: Ancient Olympia, Greece: cdnbusiness Sophists Independent Greek public speakers of the 5th century B … more →
Could Socrates have avoided hemlock if there had been a blogosphere in Athens?
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Lisa GP wrote 4 months ago: More applicable: If Web 2.0 allows everyone to be a communicator, what happens to the communicators … more →
My mind the Sophist
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futiledemocracy wrote 4 months ago: “Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, i … more →
The Price of Holding Beauty
Tony Franklin wrote 10 months ago: a tree is a tree is a tree even bound around with silver sheen glassy crowns that pull them down low … more →
Kerferd's The Sophistic Movement
krlacey wrote 1 year ago: G.B. Kerferd The Sophistic Movement Area: History of Rhetoric and Memory Studies Chapter One: Introd … more →
The Three Personas of Socrates
chris hibbard wrote 1 year ago: An examination By Chris Hibbard The Three Personas of Socrates Despite having never written or recor … more →
Poulakis' Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece
krlacey wrote 1 year ago: John Poulakis Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece Area: History of Rhetoric and Memory Studies … more →
McComiskey's Gorgias and the New Sophistic Rhetoric
krlacey wrote 1 year ago: Bruce McComiskey Gorgias and the New Sophistic Rhetoric Area: History of Rhetoric and Memory Studies … more →
Walker's Rhetoric and Poetics in Antiquity
krlacey wrote 1 year ago: Jeffrey Walker Rhetoric and Poetics in Antiquity Area: Rhetorical and Critical Theory From Kirby’s R … more →
Two Sides to Every Question
pedrofeliz3b wrote 1 year ago: It was the Greek Sophist Protagoras who first hypothesized that there were two sides to every questi … more →
Jarratt's Rereading the Sophists
krlacey wrote 1 year ago: Susan Jarratt Rereading the Sophists: Classical Rhetoric Refigured Area: History of Rhetoric and Mem … more →
If Plato hated Lawyers' stinking guts, then so do I! Part 2
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: The defense lawyer followed up with, “Do you believe there are limits to science?” Mostl … more →
Zen Talk: Who's the Fool and How Can He Become Wise? Let's Ask Buddha
Jay Solomon wrote 1 year ago: “A fool who is conscious of his folly is thereby wise; the fool who thinks himself wise is the … more →
If Plato hated lawyers' stinking guts, then so do I! Part 1
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philagon wrote 1 year ago: In between my summer session class and this Fall quarter I was summoned for jury duty. As hundreds … more →
Parable
jgarner01 wrote 1 year ago: “A people – and, for that matter, also a man – is to be valued only according to i … more →
calvin on prayer, cont.
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kennyrobertson wrote 1 year ago: Part 2. A summary of Book 3, Chapter 20 of Calvin’s Institutes. 4. Who to pray through: T … more →
Know thyself
psychistorian wrote 1 year ago: Lecture 5. September 4 and 10. Afterthoughts. ”Know thyself” was an ancient Greek mott … more →
