Socrates Belongs to the Red States

The recent C11 piece about a Red State’s-eye-view of life was, among other things, a juicy piece of blog bait. I’ll bite: Traditional peoples have met opposition from the beginning of history. Our way of life drives some people nuts. We do not subject our values to critical thinking and . . . . Continue Reading »

Nalin Ranasinghe: Fresh Eyes on Plato

And an open soul.  I have just read through the first chapter (on "Glaucon’s Republic") of the amiable Prof. Ranasinghe’s brilliant, challenging, and edifying The Soul of Socrates (Cornell 2000).  (Well, it’s not new is it, but it is new to me, and maybe to . . . . Continue Reading »