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Posted on 01/18/2009 3:47:58 PM PST by Woebama
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01/18/2009 3:47:59 PM PST
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Woebama
To: Woebama
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posted on
01/18/2009 3:52:44 PM PST
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bboop
(obama, little o, not a Real God)
To: bboop
Seemed a fitting time for the reminder.
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01/18/2009 3:55:37 PM PST
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Woebama
To: Woebama
Can you id the source? Is it the Republic?
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01/18/2009 4:15:20 PM PST
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Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: Woebama
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01/18/2009 4:17:17 PM PST
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Quix
(LEADRs SAY FRM 1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: Woebama
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01/18/2009 4:18:52 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(I was predestined to be an Arminian but am considering choosing Calvinism.)
To: Woebama
And there is nothing new under the sun.
To: Mad Dawg
Republic, probably translated by William Sidis.
http://www.sidis.net/continuitynews6.htm Sidis was a quirky child prodigy that sort of dropped out in the 1930’s, was a Harvard Professor or some such in his teens. I'd find a more common source if I was going to publish it with name attached.
By the by, I was reading Genesis this morning, the story of Joseph in Egypt. For the 7 good years he stored the grain of Egypt, then the 7 bad years came. At first the Egyptians paid for the grain with their money. When they were out of money they paid with their livestock. Then they were forced to pay with their land. After that they were slaves. Do you remember what that enslavement was? They remained on the land and paid 20% of their harvest to the Pharaoh. What a wonderful world it would be if we only paid that 20% now.
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01/18/2009 4:22:54 PM PST
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Woebama
To: Mad Dawg
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posted on
01/18/2009 4:28:38 PM PST
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Woebama
To: Woebama
Sigh. Wonder how many people read Plato these days.
To: Woebama
Le plus ça change, le plus c’est la même chose
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01/18/2009 4:50:47 PM PST
by
Marylander
(Same old same old.)
To: Woebama
Heh heh Hheh, (the Joseph comment).
Thanks for the answer. I'll look it up in my el standardo Jowett translation.
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01/18/2009 4:52:27 PM PST
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: the invisib1e hand
It would help if they at least had heard of Plato’s account of how democracy devolves into Tyranny. Or if they understood that a good government simply cannot be without involved, intelligent, edumicated, and virtuous (or at least trying to be virtuous) people.
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01/18/2009 5:08:25 PM PST
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Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: Mad Dawg
To: the invisib1e hand
You can teach Plato. Against love there is no law.
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01/18/2009 5:38:32 PM PST
by
cornelis
To: the invisib1e hand
We are reading The Republic in my homeschool co-op for the next few weeks.
To: aberaussie
GOOD for Y’ALL! That’s ECXELLENT ! I admire the courage involved. It’s not so all fired easy.
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01/18/2009 5:46:30 PM PST
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Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: aberaussie
We are reading The Republic in my homeschool co-op for the next few weeks. Plato and his "philosopher kings" are the philosophical underpinnings for a lot of totalitarian governments. Read Peikoff's The Ominous Parallels.
ML/NJ
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01/18/2009 5:49:54 PM PST
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ml/nj
To: Woebama
Yes, it is all too appropriate.
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01/18/2009 6:10:44 PM PST
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bboop
(obama, little o, not a Real God)
To: aberaussie
Students begin with the early Socratic dialogues, especially the Apology.
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01/18/2009 6:26:35 PM PST
by
cornelis
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