Tag Archives: Richard Beard

On Plato’s Republic, 5

September 26, 2021 – 9:35 am

Index to this series

Our fifth scheduled reading in the Republic is Book IV (Stephanus pages 419–45). Socrates speaks

  • with Adeimantus, through the completion of the construction of the city in speech;
  • with Glaucon, after he insists (427d) that Socrates join in the search for justice in the city; they find it and map it back to the individual.

Three dogs sit in the shade of a beach umbrella
Intellect, spirit, and appetite
Profesörler Sitesi, Altınova, Balıkesir, Turkey
September 13, 2021

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By David Pierce | Posted in Aristotle, Collingwood, Contradiction, Homer, Philosophy, Pirsig, Plato, Thoreau | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (16)

On Being Human in the Age of Humanity

August 9, 2021 – 11:48 am

This is about an essay called “Agency in the Anthropocene: How much choice do you actually have?” (Daily Philosophy, August 4, 2021). I fall in the gap in age between the author and Jeff Bezos, who (the author says) is three years her senior.

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By David Pierce | Posted in absolute presuppositions, Criteriological Science, Freedom, Midgley, Philosophy of History | Also tagged , , , | Comments (3)