One of the exciting and relevant reasons for turning to the Greeks is that in the work of some Greek philosophers —-specially that of Plato—- one finds what are perhaps the best, the deepest, and the most lively discussions on the tensions between philosophy and art as conflicting ways of life. In dialogues [...]
Archive for January, 2006
Reflections: Socrates and the self-sufficient life
Posted in on Socrates, on politics, philosophy (short), tagged amelo14, andresmelo, on Socrates, philosophy, rarefaction, reflection, self-sufficiency, Xenophon on January 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Reflections: Socrates on love-charms and magic spells
Posted in on Socrates, on Xenophon, on eros, on ethics, philosophy (short) on January 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Socrates on love-charms and magic spells
Xenophon reports many intriguing conversations Socrates had with fellow Athenians and foreigners. One of these was held with an extremely beautiful young woman called Theodote who, given her beauty, frequently posed for painters and artists. The very end of their conversation reads like this:
“How, then,” she said. ‘would I be [...]
Reflections: Humans, the giving animals
Posted in on Aristotle, on Nietzsche, on ethics, on giving, on liberal education, on liberality, on politics, philosophy, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, Aristotle, giving, liberality, Nietzsche, philosophy, politics, rarefaction, reflection on January 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Humans: the giving animals
“Unwittingly noble. A man’s behavior is unwittingly noble if he has grown accustomed never to want anything from men, and always to give to them.” Nietzsche
1. Introduction
Although I wanted to follow up my latest journal on reading with another which would have dealt with the mystery of listening, I have moved in [...]
