Philosophy — from the blog
Essays, reading notes and reviews from the philosophy shelves of the collection.
Plato's Protagoras: A Sparring Match Disguised as Dinner Conversation
A dialogue that begins as a tutorial on virtue and devolves into competitive poetry criticism, revealing Socrates at his most evasive.
Timaeus: Plato's Cosmos, Filtered Through Jowett
Plato's account of the making of the world, wrapped in a long introduction that spends as much time explaining the book as the book spends on the cosmos.