What is philosophy? Plato Who is the philosopher? Plato What philosophy should I read? Plato

The world is full of people who escalate their ignorance of not reading Plato to not understanding him and end in not liking him.

I’ll discuss “the concept of the political” in the “great books,” emphasizing its relevance for America today and in relation to the American founding At issue: education, friendship, technology, rhetoric, sophistry (with reference to it as propaganda) x.com/i/spaces/1MYxN…

The advocates of decency and kindness and that catch-all nothing word "nice" as the height of human achievement lack all traditional virtues. Brief and superficial social interaction is the most their ethical theories can tolerate.

What does it take to build something truly new in this world of ours? In a word: people. You could say “courage”, “luck”, “dedication”, “time”, “patience”, “vision”, “resources”, “the right tools”, and “faith” and you would not be wrong. But instruments are always moved by

I was happily surprised by the interest this impromptu discussion gained, and so I’ve uploaded it to my SubStack (link in comment below) t’s far easier listening to recordings on SubStack than X, and I’ve made it free and downloadable for all — again, link in the comment below

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Hello to all of my friends! It has been a relief to take a break from the internet as much as possible over the last month or two. I missed a few of you, and so I would like to resume having some online conversations with people who genuinely care about learning and improving

Spirited young men always respond positively to finger-wagging school-marm shaming, of course.

Originally published in 1963, Kerr’s analysis of the purposes of the university —higher education— in America went through 5 editions until his death After no less than 5 times to revise his findings, in the final 2001 preface: “It had become the worst of all possible worlds”

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Stupidity is most painful to those who have to witness it.

Today I’m teaching (one-on-one) the following with a few of my clients beginning at 11am and nonstop till 9pm: — Shakespeare — Plato — Aristotle — George Washington and Benjamin Franklin —Nietzsche — Heidegger It’s been the most enjoyable and rewarding experience of my life

Failure of Enlightenment, failure of our political ideas and concepts. So what is the political?—the friend/enemy distinction? But what distinguishes friendship, and what can it teach us? Plato’s Cave: The political is a cave, but how do we “see” our way out? What’s a friend?