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"For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls"

 Truth or Consequences, NM
Joined December 2011
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Mentions of Nicomachean Ethics vs. Utilitarianism, ca. 1800-2020 (via Google Books Ngram Viewer). Aristotle is coming up from behind.
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How to become invisible, per the PGM.
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One of the greatest professors I was fortunate enough to study philosophy from liked to provoke us by saying “Everything is in Homer — everything.” This Wednesday I’ll do a short space explaining much of what that means for philosophy in the West. nitter.gq/i/spaces/1jMKgerorZbJL
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The Problem of Socrates
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Join me in my Space! nitter.gq/i/spaces/1ynJOZPmwPXGR @AnikaFreeindeed @JeremyTate41
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Athenian warship names:
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Little known fact that Protestants wrote over 50 commentaries and over 500 disputations on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. @SvenssonManfred and I are working on telling the story. A preview of some findings here: doi.org/10.20935/AL1650
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Protestantism

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Protestantism

This is a brief introduction to the origin and development of Protestant ethical works in the tradition of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.

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🧵on philosophy: Pre-modern philosophy begins in wonder. We wonder at what is not immediately explained, so wonder begins in perplexity. The question is that of how to induce wonder in the right audience since, for most, perplexity is irritating if it requires too much effort.
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Thanks to all who joined @Atticist and I on Heidegger's Question Concerning Technology I have great skepticism about all claims that we are cut off in consciousness from people's of the past You can read my essay There's no Such Thing as Modernity here elbrooks.substack.com/p/ther…
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Aristotle says that Santa is merely an efficient cause which children associate with the source of unknown presents, but that Plato, after the Pythagoreans, attributed these gifts to the "Spirit of Christmas" whose form lives double-souled inside both parents.
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Free Greek Lesson from Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics - mailchi.mp/1c3516fa8e85/ambr…
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Stared at this Latin graffiti trying to remember which Roman tradition included a pound of dry grapes… then I remembered I’m at @univofstandrews and it suddenly made sense. @StA_Classics #raisin2021 #evertoexcel
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My good friend @carringtonam was recently diagnosed with cancer. We're putting together some scratch to help him with the costs of getting to his treatments and with other expenses that come up. If you know Adam, you know what an exemplary man he is, >> gf.me/u/2snnp2
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What was Plato thinking when he kicked off Continental Philosophy, and why did Aristotle get so mad at him that he decided to found Analytic Philosophy as a response?
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Are emotions rational and can there be “men without chests”? This Friday join me on Spaces to discuss the first third of the Abolition of Man. This will be an interactive space where I will give a brief overview of the work and then open for discussion.nitter.gq/i/spaces/1ynJOZnlqozGR
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We need stare decisis for history of philosophy. "You say that Plato didn't actually believe in Forms? Sorry, I'm afraid that's settled scholarship. You can tweak it, but not reverse it!"
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Plato
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Cyber Monday except it's how nous "intellect" is the CYBERnetes (κυβερνήτης) "guide" of the soul and it alone can see the "impalpable reality which really is" (ἀναφὴς οὐσία ὄντως οὖσα).
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You may think your neighbours hold grudges, but I live three blocks from these guys:
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