Enjoying the vibe of a person, place, or event can be a truly sublime experience. However vibing with your audience as a creator seems like an fairly recent invention for consideration in that authors from history didn’t have this concept and instead were more directly motivated by notions like fidelity to scholarship and offering meaningfulContinue reading “Appreciating the Vibe: A Note on Mood, Philosophy, and Translation”
Tag Archives: Philosophy
Working Through the Euthyphro: Part 1
Euthyphro is the first dialogue in the Hackett edition of Plato’s Complete Works which they explain is following the order passed onto us by Thrasyllus. This text’s primary theme is traditionally said to be the definition of piety and/or holiness. These two terms are seemingly used interchangeably in Euthyphro with no clear means for distinguishingContinue reading “Working Through the Euthyphro: Part 1”
Back From Another Short Break
Took a couple days off of posting to tend to some family and work priorities. Real busy helping to get Ellipses and Semicolons made most recently. I stumble onto old photos I’m fond of pretty regularly when I sort through my Lightroom library. For example, here’s one of a fantastic cosplayer from the Lilac CityContinue reading “Back From Another Short Break”
Studying Plato: General Comments
The italicized info block is a thumbnail summary of what can be found on page 243 of The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics by Debra Nails. Plato of Collytus, son of AristonLived: circa 424 to 347 BCEBirthplace: AthensNoteworthy activities and other biographical details:Known for being an important philosopher and educatorContinue reading “Studying Plato: General Comments”
Early Hellenistic Foundations of Skepticism
Starting with commentary from RG Bury and referring to ancient remarks by Cicero, Sextus Empiricus, and Diogenes Laertius: the Hellenistic foundation for skepticism stems from Pyrrho of Elis (circa 360 BCE) and his disciple Timon of Philus (c 315 BCE). Just after, so called academic skepticism is said to have emerged from Plato’s Academy underContinue reading “Early Hellenistic Foundations of Skepticism”
Being a Skeptic
From what I can tell, it is appropriate to identify me as a pyrrhonist. It’s a complicated concept but an important element of being a pyrrhonist appears to be a matter of lacking any particular philosophy of one’s own to convey. This begs an important question: what is the significance of having a philosophy ofContinue reading “Being a Skeptic”
A Name And A Place 