Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides Plato and the Ancient Politics of Wine (2) Part B. The Test of the Wine Plato’s use of drunkenness, mainly in the Symposium but also in the Phaedrus, is a metaphor designed to defend Socrates’ philosophical inspiration. (more...)
Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides Plato and the Ancient Politics of Wine Part A. The Philosopher’s Drunken Vision We discuss Plato’s description of Socrates’ philosophical inspiration as “drunkenness” and/or Dionysian mania; Plato’s metaphor draws on earlier Greek poetry. (more...)
Merry Christmas! Two versions of the Christmas story I know that we’re about philosophy here, not religion, but perhaps we can make an exception and get into the right mindset for Christmas. (more...)
Human Dignity and Freedom Why restaurant menus may be destroying humanity Erich Fromm and Richard Taylor on the perils of capitalism. (more...)
March 28: Thales Predicts a Solar Eclipse March 28, 585 BC - Really? On March 28, 585 BC, Thales of Miletus was supposed to have observed an eclipse of the Sun. A short history of the difficulty of knowing the date. (more...)
