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...thesis is that non-politicians should stay out of politics. While I generally agree that when you purchase a service, that service should come without extra ads, saying that people of some professions should not meddle in public affairs which concern them is repressive and reminiscent of Plato??s Kallipolis. Given the nature of politics—the common good—a person famous for something is entitled to use that fame to improve the world. Much is made of partisanship and its evils, but the truth is that there is nothing wrong with supporting a particular...
...word to me growing up. Then there’s the obnoxiously unnecessary awe that comes in the form of: “Wow, it must be so hard. You must do so much work.” Well, I explain, it depends on which classes you take. And Plato??s Republic is pretty much the same no matter where you read...
...must follow Socrates’ exhortation in Plato??s Apology that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” he says, because only through self-examination can we recognize in what ways we need to improve our democratic society. An examination of the problems with our democratic society, and an argument for how to overcome them, constitutes the bulk of Democracy Matters...
Indeed, while a concern over illusion and reality inside Plato??s cave permeates First Born, Eyedea’s assertive lyricism on E and A cares more about the music and the audience than epistemology. “This is a necessary change,” Eyedea raps at the start of his new head-spinning single “Now,” as if to preface the record that follows...
...teach American political thought, constitutional law and political philosophy. During the past 36 years, I have taken advantage of Middlebury’s winter term to study Plato??s Laws, Thucydides, Francis Bacon’s Advancement of Learning, Rousseau’s Emile, the French Revolution, Henry Kissinger, the Puritans, The Education of Henry Adams, Paradise Lost, some Shakespeare plays and criminal justice in America. I have taught many of these courses with other regular and visiting faculty members, including a former student who is a lawyer, and my brother, with whom I enjoyed teaching Shakespeare...