... I agree with this account, and think it fits with some things that Strauss says about Socrates and the philosopher "as originally understood". It does...
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Brian Burchett
bburchet@xxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 1, 1999 10:55 am
... http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/jefferson981031.html The DNA test seems to prove Adair wrong. The father of Eston Hemmings would have...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 1, 1999 1:04 pm
... Yes, you are absolutely correct that I have rated it has the highest priority, simply because I never got around to hitting a mouse button to take it off...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 1, 1999 3:11 pm
... assured ... the ... of ... "as ... philosophy ... Descartes, ... who ... original ... not ... him.) Implied in Mr. Wybrow's analysis is the both obvious...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 1, 1999 3:23 pm
... Hemmings ... sister's sons. ... of ... Post web ... supposed to ... descendents ... The irony of these DNA studies is that it modern genetics that finally...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 1, 1999 4:49 pm
Okay, you ancients out there, so conversant with Plato and Aristotle or Aquinas and Augustine and you Kabbalists and estoeric Muslims. You are part of the real...
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JimDrake@xxx.xxx
Jan 1, 1999 6:31 pm
In a message dated 98-12-26 21:41:19 EST, Ted Vaggalis writes: << Several of them were believers, like John Adams. But Jefferson was not a believer, and...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 1, 1999 7:49 pm
... not so ... intrinsically ... I just wanted to point out that Robespierre, who considered himself _the_ heir of Rousseau's thinking and who killed a number ...
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Brian Burchett
bburchet@xxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 1, 1999 9:56 pm
I do not see the connection to Hamilton. I do not see the connection to the U.S. Constitution. Actually, I do not understand the relevance of this little...
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Paul S. Rhodes
sadecamus@...
Jan 1, 1999 9:55 pm
... Dear Mr. Burchett, of course, you are right to say that Mr. Pehme's little story has no connection to Hamilton or the U.S. Constitution. Mr. Pehme was...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 1999 1:12 pm
... has no ... simply ... French ... many ... always ... Many thanks for making my post explicit and for the compliment. Best regards, Kalev Pehme...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 1999 6:17 pm
Before I plunk down $50 for it, does anyone know anything about the quality of the new Robert Pasnau translation of Aquinas's Commentary on Aristotle's De...
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Alexander Gorelik
agorelik@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 1999 9:45 pm
Actually, I thought the story had considerably more resonance than Kalev believes ( or was he perhaps being coy or ironic?). Kalev responded with this story...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 1999 10:55 pm
... than ... Shhhhhh! [big snip] ... were ... I do agree, by the way, that Hamilton is far less blameworthy than Robespierre. Robespierre, as it is well known,...
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Scot Zentner
zentner@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 3, 1999 2:53 am
Mr. Pehme: Unfortunately, you continue not to answer my question concerning Strauss's treatment of the difference between Farabi and Maimonides. You began, in...
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JCWENGER@xxx.xxx
Jan 3, 1999 3:14 am
Reid Heller said, "Shared beliefs, in the context of a totalitarian myth, strike me as the counterfeit of friendship." That is a statement very hard to ...
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JCWENGER@xxx.xxx
Jan 3, 1999 3:14 am
Emile Nowis said, "Dear Kalev "Socrates has now been saved as I throw my vote for him. Although I consider finding him guilty but asking for free meals for him...
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JCWENGER@xxx.xxx
Jan 3, 1999 3:14 am
Michael Kochin wrote, *Note: Like every other upstanding American (excepting Hannah Arednt), I do "concur in the result" of Brown v. Board of Education. ...
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JCWENGER@xxx.xxx
Jan 3, 1999 3:14 am
Kalev Pehme wrote, "Plato is a philosopher who writes poetically, while Shakespeare is a poet who writes philosophically. The latter is higher than the ...
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JCWENGER@xxx.xxx
Jan 3, 1999 4:44 am
Kalev Pehme takes strong exception to my feeble attempts to defend John Grant against his refusal to take Mr. Grant's word that he would back Socrates against...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 3, 1999 5:13 am
Scot Zentner writes: [snip] ... issue ... and ... It may be basic, but that is precisely what has been said in my last posting. ... There he ... been ... does...
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Yaakov Abrahamson
yaakov@xxx.xxxx
Jan 3, 1999 5:16 am
... Shalom John Just the opposite. I'm saying that he is moral and not a nihilist. Political philosophy in questioning the unquestionable--loyalty to one's ...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@...
Jan 3, 1999 5:20 am
... Damn those liberal union leaders like Wenger! Next they'll be demanding Miranda rights Best regards, Kalev Pehme...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@...
Jan 3, 1999 5:25 am
... Shakespeare depends on Plato for his understanding, thus Shakespeare is contingent. Best regards, Kalev Pehme...
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Cameron Wybrow
wybrowc@...
Jan 3, 1999 5:31 am
... Something is wrong here, Kalev. Have you accidentally mixed up "latter" and "former"? Your explanation only works if you have....
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JCWENGER@...
Jan 3, 1999 6:34 am
M. Richer writes, "Where do we find Mr. Adair's piece on the Jefferson/Hemming's controversy. I had my suspicions about the revisionist claim, but I've not...
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Cameron Wybrow
wybrowc@...
Jan 3, 1999 6:43 am
... This thoughtful but very compact post by Yaakov deserves some attention. I will not claim to be able to unpack it all now, as I don't fully understand it....
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Gary M. Shoemaker
gshoemaker@xxxxxxxxxx...
Jan 3, 1999 7:12 am
... I don't take it seriously either. It is possible, but this "evidence" doesn't provide adequate proof that it was Thos. Jefferson specifically. Others in...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 3, 1999 1:16 pm
... Oooops. Let's do this again: Shakespeare is dependent upon Plato (the philosopher) for his knowledge, but his poetic gifts are his own. Best regards, Kalev...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 3, 1999 2:49 pm
... It is a law and order problem we have here. Justice belongs to metaphysical order, while law wishes to achieve that order. Sometimes it does, more or less,...
