4 items tagged with "Philosophy"
Socrates is Kind of a D*ck
In this post, I want to share my opinion on Socrates' style of conversation and argumentation, and why I think he is being a little bit of a dick.
February 4, 2022
Apology
The Apology is Plato's record of the speech given by Socrates in court as he tries to defend himself in 399BCE against the accusations of 'corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes'.
January 25, 2022
Four Thousand Weeks
Great book about our relatinship with time and productivity. The core idea is that we are to consumed by the idea of being at maximum productivity and that harms us and stops from enjoying life.
October 24, 2023
The Great Conversation
This is an intro book to the Great Books of the Western World series. Authors do a great job of convincing you to invest your life in pursuing this series, that they refer to as Liberal Education.
June 26, 2022