Four Reasons Plato Is Still Stuck In Fourth Century BC
Now don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed Plato’s “Gorigias”, however several parts, some trivial, some largely important, left me scratching my head, confused, and sometimes very frustrated. I realize that some of Plato’s reasoning behind what he assumes to … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Plato
So this week we read Plato’s Gorgias. I must say that throughout the whole read, I was going through different emotions towards Socrates. I found that every time he would challenge Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, I would start to get very annoyed. … Continue reading → Continue reading →
“Gorgias”, apparently
I decided to not delete that first automatic blog post (“Hello, world!”) because in a few years I’ll probably look back on it and remember not really understanding exactly what I was supposed to do with this. In our last seminar, our professor commented that we preferred syncretic (okay, I just googled that to make […] Continue reading →
Identity and Maturity
I’ve been noticing a recurring theme in the texts we’ve read so far. Generally speaking, the identity of the characters we read about has been defined by their profession.In Genesis, great significance lies in the names of the main characters, and name… Continue reading →
Gorgias Reflections Blog
Well, hello guys. This is Andrew here, and I hope that this blog goes by well enough and doesn’t come out to be a mess. Anyway, I’ll stop beating around the bush and get to my opinions on Gorgias. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Plato needs to shut his mouth…Now…Please
Yo people, So this isn’t one of my mandatory posts but it is 10:40 pm on Wednesday and I just sung “Human” for 3 hours so I feel that I need to vent about my favorite annoying ancient philosopher..Plato. For … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Republic
Let me get this out of the way: I hate the Republic and Plato. I find Socrates arrogance ridiculous and his inability to be held accountable for his opinions irritating. Despite how much I disliked reading the Republic, and how … Continue reading → Continue reading →