“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
1 The unexamined life is not worth living does not seem true. We can be very hurt in friendships and relationships; we can fall to pieces when goals, large or s...
Category: plato
Plato, “Meno,” 70A-72A
I am using the Anastaplo & Berns translation. Plato’s Meno, tr. Anastaplo & Berns. Newburyport: Focus, 2004. In this lecture I want to address thr...
Plato, “Apology of Socrates” 19b-c
[Note: Blogging more about lesson plans because “course goals” and “course objectives” do not quite capture the conversation I’m t...
On Esotericism
John Smith, according to Jill Lepore, was prone to making things up. He claimed to have bedded princesses while battling by land or sea the world over. Russia, ...
Plato, “Lovers”
for Nathaniel Cochran & Christopher Kirk I Or Rivals, or On Philosophy. This short dialogue probably found disrepute because of its unabashed frankness abou...