The laws say: This is stated in the context of the claim that Socrates wouldn't have been born without the law. He was raised and flourished in the st...
China produces about 70% of the world's coal output, although they only have about 13% of the world's coal reserves within their borders. But two of t...
Two odd things about this: 1) they decided to drastically increase their use of coal because it was so hot last year that the air conditioners were to...
She knew he was a horndog when she married him. They sit them in front of the TV and show them Disney movies until they not only speak English but kno...
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Kripke's point is that it ends up being an empty claim that communication involves rule following. This idea th...
From 48-50 Socrates addresses Crito's argument that it's right to flee because so many aspects of public opinion support it. Socrates points out that ...
There is. I've read this dialog a couple of times. I'm rereading it thinking about what it says about normativity: Crito is giving all sorts of das Ma...
Sure. The court in this case is the judicial arm of a democracy. A democracy is like a ship whose owner has been tricked and manipulated into giving t...
The rest of the story was that the police took him to the jail, which was apparently a shack under a large oak tree. He we was required to pay the fee...
Just another note before moving on, it's good to remember the circumstances in which Socrates was accused of impiety and misguiding the youth of the c...
I meant that this has traditionally been thought to be about Socrates' real views as opposed to Plato's. The Republic, Phaedo, and Phaedrus are common...
Crito has arrived to visit Socrates and they discuss his coming execution. This passage is packed with ideas for me: There's a tug-of-war going on abo...
A little introduction: Crito is a Platonic dialog that's about how the individual relates to society in terms of law and justice. If you receive an un...
Ate dinner with friends and one of the group started going on and on about how evil the southern part of Georgia is. Apparently everyone is racist and...
On the one hand, the OP is saying: "give me the primary use for this word," but then everybody can specify their own. There's a little bit of a contra...
Yea, but I was taught to be condescending about "first world problems", you know? Be thankful you have food to eat because (insert story where parent ...
I kept a closet full of bitter in a wagon I drew behind me I thought everyone would weep but they didn't seem to see so I pulled it harder until I was...
I thought about it too and I think he's right. If we dumped a dose of methane into the atmosphere now, wouldn't the energy it captures accumulate year...
Marriage Counselor: "So Micky, I hear you saying you think Minnie is mentally... unstable?" Micky. "I didn't say she was mentally unstable. I said she...
What he had to say was really interesting. He comes from a part of the world where cattle and lamb farming is ultra efficient, but his government is s...
True. It's just a point that climate nerds who read a lot about it would be interested in: "hey! they changed that!" He hasn't suggested that we aren'...
Just as philosophers suddenly get really accessible when they write about aesthetics, the SEP article on supervenience in ethics is much easier to und...
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