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Being There Too – Launch 2025
Being There Too – Travel Diaries 1990-2010 will be launched at Dublin's favourite independent bookshop, Books Upstairs, on Sunday, 26 January, 2025, at 2:30pm. Do join us for this event, and RSVP please, to: admin@johndillon.ie Being There Too is available for...
Platonic Thought of the Week 31: Plato Phaedo, 114c-115a
Of these people, the ones who have purified themselves sufficiently through philosophy live thereafter without bodies for all time, and they arrive at dwellings even more beautiful than those, which are not easy to describe, nor is there enough time just now. But as a...
Platonic Thought of the Week 30: Republic VIII, 564e-565d
“And another distinct part always emerges from the general population as follows.” “In what way?” “Presumably, if everyone is involved in making money, those who are by nature most orderly generally become wealthier than everyone else.” “Quite likely.” “Well, that is...
Platonic Thought of the Week 29: Republic, 473b-c
“So, do you agree or disagree that when anyone is said to desire something, we should say that he desires it all, or one part only and not another?” “All of it,” he said. “Therefore, shall we say that the philosopher does not desire one part of wisdom rather than...
Tourism and Culture in Philosophical Perspective
A new academic title, edited by Marie-Élse Zovko and John Dillon Tourism and Culture in Philosophical Perspective is published.Read More
Launch of “Being There” at Books Upstairs
Jean and John Dillon’s travel memoir, Being There is launched at Books Upstairs in Dublin Read More