tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1299499044208886450..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: What to do Next? Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-15676803726308244332021-02-25T19:32:02.448-05:002021-02-25T19:32:02.448-05:00I'll write something up tomorrow, then, see if...I'll write something up tomorrow, then, see if I can explain it clearly.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-73958168500244495252021-02-24T23:13:54.715-05:002021-02-24T23:13:54.715-05:00*Loeb. My autocorrect favors corporate mentions, a...*Loeb. My autocorrect favors corporate mentions, apparently. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90132990412642814932021-02-24T23:13:14.205-05:002021-02-24T23:13:14.205-05:00That’s an outstanding suggestion, but we’d have to...That’s an outstanding suggestion, but we’d have to settle on a redacted version. The Loews edition is seven volumes. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-76617546299449320732021-02-24T21:49:47.389-05:002021-02-24T21:49:47.389-05:00St Augustine, "City of God."
Thanks for...St Augustine, "City of God."<br /><br />Thanks for all your work!<br /><br />SH<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-57450181039296155432021-02-24T11:45:30.593-05:002021-02-24T11:45:30.593-05:00I have or had Plato's Republic. I think I gave...<i>I have or had Plato's Republic. I think I gave up half way through it.</i><br /><br />Did you want to try to read it through? It's definitely a good source to read together with the <i>Laws</i>, which followed it and reverse a lot of the earlier ideas in the <i>Republic</i>.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-23588040766754485442021-02-24T11:31:04.105-05:002021-02-24T11:31:04.105-05:00My vote would be a discussion of how to read these...<i>My vote would be a discussion of how to read these sources. I've taken up various books in ancient Greek philosophy, and it has been an ALMOST uniformly frustrating affair.</i><br /><br />That's interesting. Yes, tell me more about that.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-7469491266030265342021-02-24T11:06:14.319-05:002021-02-24T11:06:14.319-05:00A couple of books which are fiction, but quite phi...A couple of books which are fiction, but quite philosophical:<br /><br />--Antoine de St-Exupery's 'Citadelle' (English title is, unfortunately, 'Wisdom of the Sands')...the musings of a fictional desert ruler on life and government.<br /><br />--Walter Miller's 'A Canticle for Leibowitz', usually considered SF but really theological/philosophical fiction. Set in a monastery dedicated to the preservation of knowledge after nuclear war. A deep book.<br /><br />--Goethe's 'Faust'...I reviewed it, from the standpoint of its portrayal of *ambition*, here:<br /><br />https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/53716.htmlDavid Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-19914927500525626442021-02-24T10:01:05.558-05:002021-02-24T10:01:05.558-05:00My vote would be a discussion of how to read these...My vote would be a discussion of how to read these sources. I've taken up various books in ancient Greek philosophy, and it has been an ALMOST uniformly frustrating affair. I'll add more to this later, after giving it some thought, and maybe offer a suggestion.<br /><br />Of course, that doesn't speak to the needs of the day even as much as an academic work would.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-9630890812010872272021-02-23T21:50:48.319-05:002021-02-23T21:50:48.319-05:00I have or had Plato's Republic. I think I gave...I have or had Plato's Republic. I think I gave up half way through it.<br /><br />I did read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran quite a few years ago. But I don't remember much about it. Perhaps I can dig it up and refresh my memory.Mike Guentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760305520055214986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-2732343654000757472021-02-23T21:13:37.925-05:002021-02-23T21:13:37.925-05:00this doesn't seem like the right time in histo...<i>this doesn't seem like the right time in history for a genuinely </i>academic<i> work.</i><br /><br />I'm not sure there's any better time for a genuinely <i>academic</i> work than when it seems like it's the wrong time.<br /><br />Go for it.<br /><br />I'll let others talk about philosophical texts needing reading. I've never been much of a philosopher.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com