Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Aug 7– "Phaedo" by Plato translated by Benjamin Jowett

 I like when there are songs with the same title as the reading.

Aug 7– Phaedo by Plato translated by Benjamin Jowett

Summary: OMG Socrates, you're so smart!

Commentary: Another dialogue, another contrived textual fellating of Socrates. It's really easy to convince people of things when they can't actually ask you questions (except ones obviously designed to make you look smart) and have to agree with everything you say.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Contracting Cotton Caliber: The Sheepshank

 The Sheepshank was on one of the knot lists I looked at, so I figured I'd try it. Baaa Not super impressed. It's a kind of awkward ...