Entries from June 2008

June 12, 2008

Why Typewriters Beat Computers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7427237.stm

June 10, 2008

Socrates on Persuasion

In Plato’s Euthyphro, Socrates inquires regarding a proper definition of piety.  His interlocutor is, of course, Euthyphro, who was apparently a kind of priest or religious expert.  He may be the very same Euthyphro given to enthousiasmos found in Plato’s Cratylus. During the dialogue, a wonderfully compact exchange takes place that sums up much of [...]

June 1, 2008

Recommended Reading

A friend of mine wrote a review of the new Indiana Jones flick.  Check it out, along with other interesting articles at MercatorNet.