Well, the conversation is fast and furious, at least in the dialogue. "To this end, Simonides said, 'Well, these disadvantages you metion seem to me at least...
Kalev Pehme
pehme@...
Jan 5, 2001 9:50 pm
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Abstract: Our economic reward system is not a democratic system because the rewards aren't divided up equally; and the concept of democracy is about equal ...
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 7:31 pm
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Hi. Here is my book. It is too long so I send it in 4 parts, this being the first. Please skip over any boring or complex parts. Thanks. Chapter 1/INTRODUCTION...
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 7:34 pm
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Here is the second part of my book. HOW WOMEN HAVE GOTTEN THE SHORT END OF THE STICK FROM HISTORY. Life poses a whole new dimension compared to the inanimate....
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 7:36 pm
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Here is the second part of my book. HOW WOMEN HAVE GOTTEN THE SHORT END OF THE STICK FROM HISTORY. Life poses a whole new dimension compared to the inanimate....
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 7:38 pm
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Here is the third part of my book. Thanks. Next, what about the concept of what a man sows, that shall he also reap? And the sound advice that follows from...
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 7:40 pm
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Here is the fourth and final part of my book. Thanks. What about destruction and destructiveness: Do we need it? or can we get by without it? Do we need a...
Blip Bland
fork34lift@...
Jan 20, 2001 7:42 pm
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Please accept my apologies for allowing the book-length spam from Blip Bland. I normally configure my lists to automatically place new subscribers on moderated...
Lance Fletcher
lrf@...
Jan 21, 2001 4:40 pm
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Lance, thanks for this email. I had that letter go through all my memeberships! it took forever to download. but things like that happen. I appreciate you...
Steve Barrett
austx03@...
Jan 21, 2001 11:59 pm
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... own ... the ... sense? ... wiser to ask ... anywhere, no ... at all ... conclusions ... many ... Can you point us to any other commentaries on the dialogue...
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 8, 2001 2:43 am
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... No. I have never read any commentaries on the Hiero except the Strauss one. A word to the group: I have not continued my own commentary, because there has...
Icastes
pehme@...
Feb 8, 2001 3:36 am
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... Ah ok. ... I did not involve myself in such a promise, but I am thinking of starting a small group to slow read the Hiero here at the University, so I will...
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 8, 2001 3:39 am
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Kosta Simopoulos writes: [snip] ... There is only one physically pure pleasure, the smell of something that is very delightful, such as a flower. Of course, if...
Icastes
pehme@...
Feb 8, 2001 1:08 pm
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Are you saying that vision is not a physically pure sense? We may be stirring up the muddy differentiation between the beautiful & sublime, but why is...
Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@...
Feb 13, 2001 5:07 am
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... The question of the purity of a pleasure is to what extent is there pleasure where the pleasure is not admixed or compared to pain. Let us take an example,...
Icastes
pehme@...
Feb 13, 2001 2:07 pm
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Kalev, as you know, I have nothing but admiration for your thought based on enormous learning which you wear gracefully...but you have ignored my main point-...
Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@...
Feb 13, 2001 2:31 pm
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Dear Mr.Pehme, What do you make of Strauss's footnotes to Euripides _Phoenician Women_ at the start of his commentary on the dialogue? thanks kosta simopoulos ...
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 19, 2001 5:31 pm
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... I am not sure of the question posed. However, I assume you mean what do I make of the statement by Eteocles: "If one must do wrong, it's best to do it ...
Icastes
pehme@...
Feb 19, 2001 8:21 pm
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... Thanks for the interesting reponse. He also footnotes a passage from the _Cyropaideia_ where Cyrus is shown to show benevolence to his friends. Does that...
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 19, 2001 8:25 pm
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... Ah yes..... Virtue provides the powerless with a sense of meaning, while tyranny<BR> ... ;) They face the problem of tyranny more,<BR>...
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 19, 2001 8:27 pm
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Another question: What does Strauss mean when he writes in a footnote that the Hiero is dedicated to the contest between Simonides and Pindar? regards kosta...
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 19, 2001 9:31 pm
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Kosta Simopoulos writes: [snip] ... Cyrus is a king, technically speaking, not a tyrant. Hence, his benevolence is that of a king, which is good for everyone....
Icastes
pehme@...
Feb 19, 2001 9:33 pm
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... To be popular of course. You know, throw big parties, fund raise, tell people that "Genome Research" will bring everyone lots of "healing" etc......
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 19, 2001 9:40 pm
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Also: Why is technological innovation so friendly to tyranny? It also seems to flourish in democracy. Well, in the Soviet Union the lack of freedom of speech...
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 19, 2001 9:52 pm
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... Had you read my first posting on Simonides with greater care rather than wasting time with modern -day Yugoslavia (a personal note to Mr. Simopoulos), you...
Icastes
pehme@...
Feb 19, 2001 10:14 pm
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... It is truly unfortunate that I have to deal with terror against Yugoslavia, in the heart of Europe, conducted by your owe so beloved president Mr.Pehme. ...
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 19, 2001 10:17 pm
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... These questions are far afield from the discussion that I initiated. However, there is no reason to assume that technological innvoation is friendly to...
Icastes
pehme@...
Feb 19, 2001 10:21 pm
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... Strauss makes these observations in a footnote. He also points to Aristotle's discussion of Hippodamus the city planner in connection with "change" of the...
kosta.simopoulos@...
Feb 20, 2001 12:22 am
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Kosta Simopoulos writes: [snip] ... Hippodamus is not an aspiring tyrant, and Aristotle does not link him to tyranny. Hence, the example is not apt. Permanent...
Icastes
pehme@...
Feb 20, 2001 1:40 am
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... If I remember right the theory of permanent revolution was indeed invented by Trotsky, not Mao Zedong, and this as early as 1905. Sincerly, Sven Delille...
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