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Peter Kenz
Peter Kenz is 50% done with The Republic of Plato
People tend to ignore Plato's proposed shift in the approach to Justice -- and, why not, virtue. Whilst an act-centered approach, based on general rules of thumb, leads to moral complacency and skepticism, Plato proposes an agent-centered view, where Justice is to be understood as the harmony of one's spirit. It's a powerful message in a world where people tend to attach themselves to self-help recipes.
Nov 04, 2024 04:37AM Add a comment
The Republic of Plato

Peter Kenz
Peter Kenz is 40% done with The Republic of Plato
Been a while. Read books II-IV. The polis started small and healthy, but a "city of pigs". It grew, and in order to grow it needed warriors. An inflamed city. And the warriors purged everything unhealthy from the city. And the city is one. And the city is an individual. And justice, in the individual, is the justice in the city. Politeia is a book about justice, but also about political philosophy.
Oct 22, 2024 04:50AM Add a comment
The Republic of Plato

Peter Kenz
Peter Kenz is 10% done with The Republic of Plato
Book 1: Socrates is the destroyer of worlds. The killer of ideas. By bringing them to light, he eradicates common beliefs. By exposing the utmost consequences of the vulgar, he undresses us of our confidence. A dangerous task. The path is open for tyranny. Thrasymacus is the opportunistic rhetorician. He holds the scepter of real politics: for the non-philosopher, self-interest and the common good are irreconcilable.
Oct 16, 2024 07:13AM Add a comment
The Republic of Plato

Peter Kenz
Peter Kenz is 10% done with The Republic of Plato
Just finished book One. To be honest, I feel like I missed the point. Julia Annas provides an insight, though. The point is to show the limitations of the socratic method. What is justice? Is justice a "skill"? Is it better to be just? The Socratic method convinces no one.

Precisely for that, now the stage is set. From this point on, Socrates is a pedagogue of Plato's own ideas.

Am I convinced about that? Meh...
Sep 27, 2024 08:58AM Add a comment
The Republic of Plato

Peter Kenz
Peter Kenz is starting The Rhetoric of Economics (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)
I hope I can finish it before summer break ends...
Jul 04, 2020 01:40PM 1 comment
The Rhetoric of Economics (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)

Peter Kenz
Peter Kenz is starting The Rhetoric of Economics (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)
Started it now. I hope I can finish it before summer break ends...
Jul 04, 2020 01:40PM Add a comment
The Rhetoric of Economics (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)

Peter Kenz
Peter Kenz is on page 80 of 584 of An Outline of the History of Economic Thought
Started it a couple of weeks ago. I'm definitely taking my time on this one. 6 months, 1 year, 2 years. Doesn't matter. As long as it takes to absorb it.
Jul 04, 2020 01:38PM Add a comment
An Outline of the History of Economic Thought

Peter Kenz
Peter Kenz is on page 400 of 667 of The Idiot
Meh
Jan 24, 2015 03:09PM Add a comment
The Idiot

Peter Kenz
Peter Kenz is on page 291 of 667 of The Idiot
A fool with a heart but no mind is just as unhappy as a fool with a mind but no heart. It's an old truth.
Jan 15, 2015 07:23AM Add a comment
The Idiot

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