pick#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