... I wrote a long response to this, and then junked it right before sending it. I have looked at the article, and I have applied the principle of charity to...
Grant, your comments make sense to me. More generally I think that the traditions and ideals of the West should be vigorously defended, when they accord with...
Grant writes: __________________ Held is right that ethicists have traditionally regarded Reason as a counter-weight to emotion, and have associated women with...
Epictetus ask the question to those who doubt the existence of god, "let them explain . . . how it is possible that things so wonderful and like the...
... In fact, the history of "the West" is a history of totalitarianism. The continent of Europe was completely under the boot of totalitarian regimes a mere...
... I am still not convinced that women are more emotional than men. I have seen men engage in fisticuffs in parliament. I have seen men slip in pools of...
Robin writes: _____________ I am still not convinced that women are more emotional than men. _____________ Robin, from what I've read on Briggs-Meyers...
It seems to me not only that men and women are culturally conditioned to exhibit different emotions, but that the emotions that both men and women show vary...
Amos writes: ____________ I think that it would be simpler to say that both sexes are emotional and should try to be more rational. _____________ It might be...
I had assumed (wrongly) that "Boethus" was a typo for "Boethius". But it turns out that there was a "Boethus of Sidon" - and that is the person that Sellars...
... Nor am I. That's why I made no such claim. :) ... And that's just irrational. Now weeping because one group of men were unable to carry a odd oblong...
... An excellent point, with which I partially agree. Emotion stems from our beliefs, and so does not exist on a separate and incommensurable standing than...
As Bill Shankly, former Manager of Liverpool Football Club, once said: "Some people say that football is as important as life or death, but they're wrong. ...
Grant writes: ____________ But I do think it makes sense to point out the distinction between bad reasoning and lack of reasoning. _____________ Grant, you've...
... No, we quite agree. I only pointed it out because ordinarily people do not say someone has reasoned badly when they have not reasoned at all, and...
I read a substantial part of it, but stopped because I found it rather disappointing, and I had other books with a higher priority. I think that William Irvine...
Dear Dr. Jan Garrett and Curt Steinmetz, I have been slowly reading through the first hundred pages of Engberg-Pedersen's PAUL AND THE STOICS. Maybe because it...
Hi All I just bought A Guide to the Good Life ... It looks like good introduction to Stoicism. Cheers Leo ... From: Tony <vtcallan@...> Subject: [stoics]...
Dear sirs, That I may seem to overemphasize Aristotle is not only contraindicated by numerous concept defining references in the rest of the text I have read,...
The book has been out in the US since mid -November and I am now reading it for the second time. It is an easy-to-read introduction to Stoicism and is...
Steven, when this new translation is available to the public please let the Forum know. I am interested in seeing more from Rufus. Thanks Kevin ... From:...
... (It should be noted that when Nadler (who's a decent philosopher) gives this statement, he is assuming a definition of pantheism according to which...
Hi Malcolm, On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Malcolm Schosha ... By the following definition of disagreeableness it looks like disagreeableness is a vice. I...
I definitely will. Much of the surviving writings of Musonius address issues not commented on at all by other Stoics or only to a very limited extent. By...
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