Thursday, July 9, 2009

Protagoras



My three main study areas are the library (quiet and nice art), the
cafe (comfy chairs and you never can tell what will be on the
blackboards, and the lotus pool and rock garden (tranquility). The
Socratic method is alive and well at St. John's. As for socrates:
dialectic trumps rhetoric, virtue is unitary, he is the originator of
the sports metaphor, dans espite bad-mouthing it poetry can help us
explore the meaning of virtue. As to the question of: Can virtue be
taught? Stay tuned.