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Javier Centellas
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Started the fourth dialogue, Meno. Longer than the others so I decided to split it into three parts based on the thematic content. This first section is about the nature of Virtue. It feels a lot like a more refined, mature, and civil version of the Euthtyphro dialogue. Quite good but personally I feel like this is a debate that doesn't feel as important in the modern day.
— Oct 09, 2026 10:21AM
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Javier Centellas
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Read the third dialogue, Crito. I only had to read the first two for class but I bought the whole book, I'm going to read the whole book. This dialogue was quite short but I really liked it. Discussion of what it means to be a good citizen as well as thoughts on how to face death with dignity. I think about my own death and mortality a lot so I liked this aspect. Wish everyone nowadays had a spine like Socrates.
— Oct 06, 2026 10:07AM
Javier Centellas
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Read the first half of the second dialogue, Apology. Don’t know why the syllabus split the reading in half (half to be read by tomorrow and the other half by Friday). Seems out of character for the programme but whatever. I definitely like this dialogue more than the first, mainly because it’s less philosophical. This is definitely humorous in a classical sense of the world.
— Sep 15, 2026 04:18PM
Javier Centellas
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Read the Euthyphro Dialogue. We only have to read two of the five but they are all quite short so I’m going to try to read them all. On the nature of piety/justness but also at a deeper level about the nature of wisdom & who is able to have power over naming and declarations.
— Sep 13, 2026 02:05PM