ApologyReadalong

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#apologyreadalong Tried to stay up late last night to finish my Phil reading before the quiz today ? Fell asleep. Clearly not made of the same youthful stuff of the past. #nomoreallnighters

Socrates doesn't have to convince me. I'm #teamSocrates. Everyone else, pretending to know everything, sounds awful. This time I'm more appreciative of his barbs directed at statesmen & "learned" men. I'm all for the everyman philosopher. @JoeStalksBeck

JoeStalksBeck Oh I‘m posting tomorrow night! I‘m sorry! 7y

Tamra Taking a Political Phil grad class and this week covered Plato & Aristotle. My atrophied brain ached, unused to the language of the dialogues and then the textbook we're reading isn't much better. 😥I don't know whether to feel vindicated or worried that my low opinion of human nature isn't new. 😖 7y

Natasha.C.Barnes Good luck!! Which dialogues are you reading? Besides the Meno which has a special place in my heart, I think my favorite is the Phaedrus, because you get to talk about black and white horses and all that. 😉 7y

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Natasha.C.Barnes Oh lol -the apology! Missed that. 7y

Izai.Amorim What would Socrates say about Derrida? 7y

batsy @JoeStalksBeck Not at all! It's just that it's already Monday here so I felt better getting it done with 😁 7y

batsy @Izai.Amorim He'd feed Derrida the hemlock himself! Lol. I'm sorry, I never got on with the big D. 7y

batsy @Natasha.C.Barnes Haha yeah, we are starting with the Apology for our Litsy philosophy chat :) I remember having read the Meno but don't recall anything about it! 🙈 I do want to go through the whole book in time, it was very interesting to reread this. I'm excited about the horses! 😀 7y

batsy @Tamra Yeah, I think the style of the translation will affect the experience. Also the prof and the class discussions! My atrophied brain was struggling when I read this too, and I resolved to try and dip and out of more challenging reading material more often. 😂 Your class sounds interesting; I hope it is! ☺️ 7y

batsy @Natasha.C.Barnes @tamra Also to clarify, I was joking around and realised I didn't explain properly ... Not taking a class, but this was for our Litsy discussion 😀 which makes me feel like I'm back in uni. Fun! 7y

JoeStalksBeck @Natasha.C.Barnes Meno is my favorite of his! 7y

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Redwritinghood

The Apology of Socrates | Plato

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#apologyreadalong #thinktank In The Apology, Socrates warns that an unexamined life is not worth living. Unfortunately, he didn‘t foresee that such examination makes some uncomfortable and/or humiliated resulting in them bringing trumped up charges against you and calling for your death! Looking forward to the discussion.

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JoeStalksBeck I took a philosophy class in college that compared this ideA with the idea of Jesus. It was very interesting! 7y

Redwritinghood @JoeStalksBeck That‘s a good observation. What‘s funny is in the Ibsen play I saw last night, the protagonist also compares himself to Jesus as he was the only one to face the truth. Serendipity! 7y

JoeStalksBeck Wow! That is serendipitous! How neat! 7y

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aCleverDuck

Garden Spells | Sarah Addison Allen

My #TBRbingo for October so far. Still need one more book for #screamathon and have to choose #botm pick but it‘s a pretty good list. #currentread #riotgram #ApologyReadalong

WhatDeeReads Looking good! Garden Spells is the best Sarah Addison Allen. The Sugar Queen is a close second. 7y

alisiakae Great list! I just finished