Tue 19 May, 2009 07:41 pm - [quote=Fido]They all fail... The only reason gentile democracy lasted so long and persists in places today is that there was no excess of wealth to spread inequality... All forms fail... Marriages... (view)
Mon 18 May, 2009 07:32 pm - [quote=Fido]You have to be pretty damn smart to say for another individual what he most needs for his happiness and well being....What is wrong with all our forms of government is simple: Each... (view)
Mon 18 May, 2009 04:10 pm - [quote=Khethil][COLOR=black] [U]We deny our true natures in lieu of some set of ideals or standards which we aspire to in order to maintain favor in the eyes of others[/U]. [/quote][/COLOR]... (view)
Sun 17 May, 2009 12:20 pm - My copy reads(with added punctuation):
"Why," he [Glaucon] said, "you should give them the ordinary conveniences of life. People who are to be comfortable are accustomed to lie on... (view)
Sat 16 May, 2009 02:59 pm - Hello,
As a summer project, I have taken it upon myself to work through all the works of philosophy I didn't finish up last summer. Currently I am working through Plato's... (view)
Tue 24 Feb, 2009 10:42 pm - When a soldier charges bold-facedly towards the enemy, knowing that pain and death await him should he falter, we salute him for his "courage". When a special needs child refuses to let... (view)
