Tag: Socrates
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Trump, Kafka, and Socrates Walk Into A Courthouse
by Cauf Skiviers, Cultural Inappropriation, ©2024 (Apr. 28, 2024) — Donald Trump’s legacy within the GOP is forever up in the air. Although he enjoys steadfast support from large swaths of the Republican base, few establishment Republican leaders fully endorse him, with a handful openly wearing the ‘Never Trumper’ badge with more pride than prejudice.…
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The Examined Life
by ProfDave, ©2021 (Dec. 16, 2021) — Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Actually, the unexamined life is a mess of denial. If you want to recover, examination is required. Examination begins in Step One, when we admit we are broken and need the help of a real Higher Power. Examination continues…
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Putin “Callicles the Younger” and Trump “Callicles the Elder”?
PLATO WAS NO MUG? October 23, 2019 Dear Editor, Sadly, so many “educated but unlearned” so-called intellectuals (not to mention really dopey “clever people”) do not study, let alone heed, history! I wonder if Plato’s The Gorgias heralds in today’s looming showdown between Russia and America, with Putin cast as “Callicles the Younger” and Trump…