Philosophy, it is often remarked by philosophers who wish to remark on it, is all just a footnote to Plato. Plato is widely known as the student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and the chronicler of the various conversations Socrates had with the people of Athens. Plato wrote in dialogue form. In the early writings,…
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NaBloPoMo: Philosophy Edition
I’m going to go ahead and say that I’m doing NaBloPoMo this year. It’s a lie. Right now it’s a lie. Maybe at the end of the month it will turn out to be true. In order to not distract myself too much from what I ought to be doing I will attempt to post…
Backpacking Dad Writes His Dissertation and His New Best Friends Agree to Babysit His Blog
I’m locked away in a library now thinking big thoughts and typing those big thoughts down and trying to do all of that until Thursday at which point I’ll be going on vacation because Emily quit her job and doesn’t start her new job for two weeks so we’re going to Disneyland. If I ever…