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”

• Gay Marriage Coming to Portugal

  
  Best Gay Blogs — Authority: 138
  Sources close to Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates, who is forming a new government following September elections, said Oct. 23 that legalizing same-sex marriage will be one of the new team’s first actions. “The measure is part of the official program of the party and according to government sources, the ...
  5 hours ago

• Socrates 2: Coming Soon

  
  Gary Andrews — Authority: 106
  Ok, this one’s for the football bloggers amongst you. A couple of months ago a group of us held the first ever (probably) football bloggers meetup: Socrates . Basically, it was a chance for football writers to get together, watch a match, have some nibbles and generally mingle. And what a brilliant night it was. ...
  16 hours ago

• Portugal To Approve Marriage Equality

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 718
  Sources in the administration of Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates say that one of the first plans for his new government will be to approve marriage equality. Via Bay Windows : "The measure is part of the official program of the party and according to government sources, the move will be done as soon ...
  1 day ago

• Socrates the Hero

  
  The Hero Construction Company — Authority: 112
  This is a guest post from Ari Kohen, assistant professor at University of Nebraska – Lincoln.  I met him through Twitter a long time ago after he was discussing heroism.  He is currently working on a book-length project, The Moral Hero and the Mortal Hero , as well as articles on both restorative justice and ...
  1 day ago

• Portugal to Legalize Gay Marriage

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  Sources close to Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates, who is forming a new government following September elections, said Oct. 23 that legalizing same-sex marriage will be one of the new team’s first actions. "The measure is part of the official program of the party and according to government ...
  2 days ago

• In defense of fun

  
  Student Life — Authority: 602
  Recently, I have been finding friends of mine complaining to me that they are not enjoying things that they do. This boggles my mind. Why would you ever do anything that is not fun? That is what I ask them. The answers are invariably some form of either “I don’t know” or “because I have to.” Neither of ...
  6 days ago

• Dust… Wind… Dude

  
  NoelBagwell.com — Authority: 426
  By Noel Bagwell November 2, 2009 And now, this, from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989), courtesy of IMDb : [ Bill and Ted are in Ancient Greece ] Bill : [ approaching Socrates ] How’s it going? I’m Bill, this is Ted. We’re from the future. Socrates : Socrates. Ted : [ whispering to Bill ...
  1 week ago

• Repairing the ruin

  
  Homefrontier — Authority: 110
  It is interesting to note that while there is much talk about education being a necessary preparation for the labour market, no one in his right mind would suggest it’s the primary purpose of all education.Take a look at what I picked up online:“The purpose of education is to make the world a better place. [...]
  1 week ago

• Tamara Kostianovsky

  
  We Love You So - Where The Wild Things Are - Spike Jonze — Authority: 643
  When was the last time you encountered a gigantic raw side of beef? How about an anatomically-correct side of beef hanging from a gallery ceiling by meat hooks? Such objects are part of Tamara Kostianovsky ’s repertoire. Happily, the meat hunks are rendered in fabric, complete with frilly little ribbons of fat. ...
  1 week ago

• Two Plus Two is.....

  
  dangerous idea — Authority: 432
  Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Russell said, "Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so." Does that mean that most peoples lives are not worth living?
  1 week ago

• What Would Plato Think about the Internet?

  
  Sitz im Leben — Authority: 411
  At the end of the Phaedrus , Socrates relates the story of Theuth and the discovery of writing. Theuth (or Thoth, sometimes identified with Hermes) is the Egyptian divinity responsible for writing. So Theuth described his newly found art to Thamus, the king over Egypt; he told him that writing is like a magical ...
  1 week ago

• Heresy and the New Theism

  
  Transmillennial — Authority: 424
  Here we are -- near the end of 2009 -- and God is still one of the hottest topics. I did a news search this morning on "God," and I was given 90,o45 results. One article tells me that my relationships will suffer when I obey God. Hows that for family values? Another one interviews the Governor of Oregon as he ...
  2 weeks ago

• Reflecting on Hadot’s “philosophical way of life”

  
  kansas reflections — Authority: 118
  Hadot’s discussion of philosophy as a way of life Hadot emphasizes that philosophers live in the space between the gods and the unconscious masses. He describes philosophy as a searching and a striving for perfection in thought and deed, for excellence (arête) in living. He asserts that The gods have no need for ...
  2 weeks ago

• From Last Week

  
  Monaga — Authority: 122
  Arlenis Sosa Carolina Herrera Leonel Lirio Last Saturday was the closing night of Dominicana Moda 2009 . With Carolina Herrera presenting her collection closing night, and the triumphant return of supermodel-in-the-making, Arlenis Sosa . One of the people responsible for the success ...
  2 weeks ago

• SL Hallowe’en — Olympian Oracle

  
  Around the Grid — Authority: 118
  Far-seeing Sybil, forever hidden, Come out of your cave at last And speak to us in the poet’s voice the voice of the fourth person singular the voice of the inscrutable future the voice of the people mixed with a wild soft laughter– And give us new dreams to dream, Give us new myths to live by! From “To the ...
  2 weeks ago

• From incompetence to mastery, the stages

  
  Punya Mishra's Web — Authority: 419
  One who knows and knows he knows is a wise man, Follow HimOne who knows and knows not he knows is asleep, Awaken himOne who knows not and knows he knows not is a child, Teach himOne who knows not and knows not he knows not is a Fool, Avoid him.– Attributed variously to Confucius, [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Barack’s Silver Hammer

  
  threedonia.com — Authority: 494
  In the above clip, at a NYC Democrat fundraiser, President Obama says that Republicans “Do as they’re told.” This is an example of his usual form of “argumentation” — reductio ad abusrdum and ad hominem with a helping of ignorance. We know from countless examples such as his 2001 complaint that the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mapping The Road To Immortality

  
  Unconventional Thinking — Authority: 108
  We build our careers, our businesses, in order to achieve tangible results. The more ambitious we are, the greater demands we make on ourselves to soar beyond the expected and to rise to the extraordinary. The timeless. The levels of achievement that will result in a semblance of immortality. The bar is high. Think ...
  2 weeks ago

• Philosophy In A Corral

  
  Great Scots MacBlog — Authority: 118
  My corral at Las Golondrinas is a philosophy Lyceum, an open-air gathering of hooved scholars eager to teach me life-lessons worth knowing. Today’s lesson was taught by a pygmy goat and a miniature donkey on the topics of freedom and grace. First up–and I mean UP!–was Gizzi, the smallest of our little ...
  2 weeks ago

• Happy Monday - The Socrates Test

  
  Rambles from my Chair — Authority: 133
  In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?" "Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me Id like you to ...
  3 weeks ago

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