Socratic and Sarcastic Methods contrasted
Source. Related: On the trial of the historical Socrates, in the Philosophers, Explained series.
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Humor
Romantic advice to women — Nietzsche version
Nietzsche comments wryly on contemporary religious morality: “One believes one must disapprove of Cesare Borgia; that is simply laughable. The church has excommunicated German emperors on account of their vices: as if a monk or priest had any right to join in a discussion about what a Frederick II may demand of himself. A Don
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Some philosophies, indeed
Related: Sartre’s classic explanation of Existentialism, responding to Catholic and Communist critics, in my Philosophers, Explained series:
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When philosophers date
Platonic philosophers, that is. Related: “Should I marry you?” Answers from the philosophers.
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Jean-Paul Sartre’s answering machine
Remembering when I retired a favorite old t-shirt. The text read: Jean Paul Sartre’s answering machine… I am not here… You’re not here… Don’t leave a message… There is no beep Some angst at letting it go.The meaning of its 21 years of existence?Was it only to cover a man’s torso?And now it is committed
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Socrates and Thermippos — lost Platonic dialogue
Source. Related: A Student History of Philosophy, Being a Compilation of Student Research, Gently Edited by Stephen Hicks, Rockford University.
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Lewis Thomas’s classic-fun “Notes on Punctuation”
Notes on Punctuation By Lewis Thomas There are no precise rules about punctuation (Fowler lays out some general advice (as best he can under the complex circumstances of English prose (he points out, for example, that we possess only four stops (the comma, the semicolon, the colon and the period (the question mark and exclamation
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From the Office of the Reproducer-General [press release]
Bulletin: Sex and Economics — A Modest Proposal [pdf] Text by Stephen R.C. Hicks Graphics by Christopher Vaughan Permanent URL Fellow citizens: Our nation’s sex life is in peril. Surveys show widespread sexual discontent. Market failure is everywhere. Many males complain of not getting enough sex and many females object to constant male looks and
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