Ancient Greece and reason.For what reason is there when the gods have fury? The Greek gods are green with envy, erupt with jealousy. Socrates and Plato turned away from Homer. His works were too human. They wanted reason. And, after Socrates and Plato, man seeketh Stoicism.... See More »
If you, as an Old World philosopher, were a worm who wanted to know why you were born, who would tell you?
Well i wanted some secondary material on PlatoThe Cambridge and Oxford Companions, the former is more introductory, i had to research for 5 minutes to clarify on the distinctions each has, and Proclus's commentary on The Republic, i'm a sucker for OLD secondary material Proclus was writing in... See More »