Preexistence before Socrates
In my last post, I mentioned a talk I will be giving at the University of Toronto’s…
Democritus the Pythagorean
Perhaps I’m simply becoming provocative for the sake of provoking; or maybe I’m losing my mind; but in the process…
Sophists and Superman
In an earlier post, I suggested that the Glaucon's initial inquiry into the nature of justice in Plato's Republic II…
Authenticating a Pythagorean Political Text
I am working on the problem of the authenticity of a series of fragments in the Doric dialect attributed to…
Why the History of Philosophy?
OK, I’ll strike a more sober note today. Recently, the upheaval of higher education funding and student fees in the…