Socrates

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Original Technorati articles tagged “Socrates”

• in Lifestyle
  Can Reflecting On Death Lead to a Better Life?
  An honest, thoughtful inquiry into death often facilitates a sobering examination of human existence itself.
  by AskSocratesNow / on Oct 29, 2009
• in Music
  The Classical Music Top 10 List
  The top works in the underrated genre of classical music (according to Socrates).
  by AskSocratesNow / on Oct 22, 2009
• in Lifestyle
  Can Old People Learn Anything From The Young?
  The old can still learn from the young
  by AskSocratesNow / on Oct 20, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Socrates”

• The Eight Ways of Being in the World

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 438
  It’s hard to live in the world. Suffering happens. Then more suffering happens. Then you die. In the face of these facts, Albert Camus wrote that the first question of philosophy is suicide. But if you’re not going to do that , then what will you do? As I see it, the menu of options is actually pretty thin ...
  2 days ago

• Employ your time in improving yourself...

  
  reddy2007 — Authority: 144
  Serenity of the Clouds Employ your time in improving yourself by other mens writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. Socrates
  4 days ago

• WordPress: Plato’s Academy Today

  
  The Hannibal Blog — Authority: 120
  Some of you may have noticed that my thread on Socrates was going strong all through the summer and then, seemingly, stopped. Something similar, you might have thought, occurred with my thread on America . Well, no, the two threads did not stop. They went into overdrive, albeit in a different form. Indeed, they ...
  6 days ago

• Portugal set to approve same-sex marriage; adoption ruled out

  
  gaelick — Authority: 130
  Over in Portugal, the government yesterday approved proposed legislation to remove references to gender in respect of marriage. (See also here , here and here , each in Portuguese.) You know Portugal: extreme western European country (snap!); with the Catholic conservatism (snap!); and the economy that didn’t ...
  6 days ago

• Jack Ritchie’s Deflationary Naturalism: A Problem for Atheism?

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 438
  Brian Leiter on Wednesday directed his blog readers’s attention to Jack Ritchie’s Understanding Naturalism (2009) , quoting a recent review of the book that says in part: The attitude Ritchie recommends for the genuine or serious naturalist is metaphysical agnosticism  (cf. 104, 143, 148, 158). Like ...
  6 days ago

• Socrates in Kansas

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 438
  This Kansas song seems to me packed to the brim with Western literary and religious allusions, from Greek figures like Diogenes, Socrates, and Odysseus—accompanied by a Greek chorus!—to an obvious biblical allusion (the Prodigal Son). Oh, and notice Icarus in the third line, and even an Eastern religious ...
  6 days ago

• Allegory of The Cave Summary

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 568
  In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato discusses the interesting concept of the truth.  The allegory of the Cave is only a small part of the book The Republic . The Republic is written as a collection of dialogues between Socrates and other influential Athenian figures, the allegory of the cave being a dialogue ...
  1 week ago

• Portugal Readies Itself to Become Europes 6th Country With Gay Marriage. Weddings By April!

  
  Queerty — Authority: 694
  Making good on a campaign promise to push for legalizing gay marriage , re-elected Prime Minister José Sócrates Socialist government is drafting legislation to do just that. And its expected to all work out! CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: José Sócrates , ...
  1 week ago

• Terror Pornography

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 153
  Last month, in posing the “ inconvenient hypothesis ” that there was a pornographic quality to the propaganda photographs that Dorothea Lange took of the destitute victims of the Great Depression, I drew upon Plato’s “Republic” to support my argument. I did not have my copy of Plato with me when I wrote ...
  1 week ago

• London Fields Part Two: Socratic Methods

  
  A More Splendid Life — Authority: 459
  Oh and thats a bad miss... Theres something about English football culture that manages to permeate the whole of the country whilst still remaining somewhat under the surface. In North America, your average sports stadium will be visible for miles around, with garish signs directing you to pastel-coloured, ...
  1 week ago

• Climate Change Denial: A Lesson from Plato

  
  Kiwipolitico — Authority: 509
  Guest post by Ag.The Greek philosopher Plato (428/427-347 BC) is perhaps most famous for his suggestion in The Republic that the ideal political community ought to be ruled by philosopher-kings. This is somewhat of a shame because it obscures the fact that Plato never intended philosopher rule to be a practical ...
  1 week ago

• Live With Honour

  
  Soul Meets World — Authority: 119
  "The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them."   ~Socrates
  1 week ago

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  The Chief — Authority: 435
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  2 weeks ago

• SOCRATES CAFÉ: THE MORNING AFTER…

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 145
  Tuesday evening our Socrates Café met at the Mayfield Road Phoenix Coffee House and the question we pulled from the box was:Is our ability to reflect upon our actions pointless and even detrimental?The initial reactions were no, reflection often offers benefits. Upon further reflection, however, we discussed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Reflection on Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions (part 2)

  
  kansas reflections — Authority: 106
   Thomas Kuhn’s influential book “ The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” ignited a firestorm of debate and controversy in 1962 which continues unabated to this very day. Noted as the most widely cited book in the 20th century, Kuhn’s writing has penetrated the public consciousness to shape our collective ...
  2 weeks ago

• Warren Buffet’s Aphorisms | The Veterinarian | ‘Wondering’ begets Wisdom

  
  A Wonderful Blog — Authority: 115
  I just received “The Tao of Warren Buffet” book as a gift from my ex-girlfriend.  It is a collection of profound aphorisms from investment guru and mega-philanthropist, Warren Buffet.  I just started with it but I am already immensely loving it.Here is a sampling of Buffet’s quick wit and wisdom from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• RENAULT-NISSAN ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES BATTERY PLANT SITE FOR PORTUGAL

  
  European Motor News — Authority: 151
  The Renault-Nissan Alliance today announced the location for the planned battery production site in Portugal.
  2 weeks ago

• Socrates Exchange: Is there one true religion?

  
  New Hampshire Public Radio — Authority: 505
  Can all religions be true, even though they often contradict one another? Can they all be false? How can we make sense of religion in a pluralistic society?
  2 weeks ago

• Weekend Edition 03.12.09

  
  Joey in Astoria — Authority: 418
  Dont forget, tonight is Shine 2009 at KrisTEES, from 5-10. This special event is a unique collaboration by various artists to celebrate the energy of the holidays and the spirit of Fashion. Inspired by the movie “Where the Wild Things Are,” this evening will be magical with plenty to see and lots of beautiful ...
  3 weeks ago

• Defining Time: Its History, Problems and Solutions

  
  Eternity in an Hour — Authority: 117
  Socrates (470-399 BC) once declared that in order to say anything about X, we must first be able to answer what is X. In order to talk about time, we must first answer; “What is time?” For different people, time means different things. A famous philosopher once said that time is nature’s way of keeping [...]
  3 weeks ago

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