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Platonic Thought of the Week: 21
“What do we need to discuss after this?” he said. “The next issue in due sequence,” I replied. “What else? Since philosophers can apprehend that which is always the same as it is, while those who cannot do so are not philosophers but wander instead amid multiplicity...
Platonic Thought of the Week: 20
So, if we are going to save our initial argument whereby our guardians, set apart from all the other artificers, should be artificers of the freedom of the city, in the strictest sense, and engage in no other pursuit that does not lead in this direction, then it is...
Platonic Thought of the Week: 19
And there is no other cause of all this except the origin of this entire argument, directed by Glaucon and myself towards you, Socrates, to make the case that; “come on my wonderful man, of all of you who claim to be champions of justice, beginning with the earliest...
Essay: The Georgian Caper – some reflections from 2008
A meditation on a previous 21st century conflict, written in 2008 when the Georgian crisis loomed large over Europe. Read More
Platonic Thought of the Week: 18
Now as soon as Cephalus saw me he greeted me and said; Socrates, you don’t often come down to the Peiraeus to see us; but you should. Yes, if I were still able to make my way, easily to the city, there would be no need for you to come here, since we could go to you;...
Irish Times Review of PS Look out for snakes
Brian Maye reviews P.S. Look out for snakes, for The Irish Times.