#Aristotle

Agnes Callard

AgnesCallard

When we turn from Plato to Aristotle, I warn my students: This is likely to bore you. That's ok! I usually find Aristotle boring! Don't think "because this bores me,

Bryan W. Van Norden

BryanVanNorden

The story that Alexander the Great's mistress Phyllis was Aristotle's dominatrix was popular in the late middle ages and early Renaissance. It was supposedly a cautionary tale about seductive women,

Susanne Bobzien

Susanne_Bobzien

Why Aristotle shouldn't be cancelled. (Last paragraph of my Afterword to The Philosophy of AristotleSignet/Penguin 2011): "In conclusion, a general remark about reading Aristotle. Aristotle never doubts that there are

Nathan Goldman

nathangoldman

this piece is so weird that it ends up wrong in a whole host of ways, some predictable and some surprisinghttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/opinion/should-we-cancel-aristotle.html predictable: suggesting the choices are between ignoring ra

Joshua Landy

profjoshlandy

Ancient philosophy is of course hardly the most important issue right now, and most of my tweets are on other topics—but for those interested, here's the part of Agnes Callard's

M.M.Townsend

chezaristote

my main takeaway: so far from knowing whether or not to cancel Aristotle, I do not know what "to cancel" meanshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/opinion/should-we-cancel-aristotle.html I do definitely however enjoy the pleasant fr

Ben Myers

_BenMyers_

To me, the most astounding thing about the greatest teachers of humankind is how little they read. Everything Aristotle ever read in his lifetime fills a couple of volumes on

Ismail Royer

IsmailRoyer

Just got this in the mail, on a forgotten subject: the virtue of friendship & its relationship to politics. It was also treated by Aristotle, Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, & many

Ioana Marinescu

mioana

Should We Cancel Aristotle? - An enlightening analysis of cancel culture by philosopher ⁦@AgnesCallard⁩. Exposes the tension between truth and politics. Thread.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/opinion/should-we-cancel-aristotle.html S

Greg Ashman

greg_ashman

As @Miss_Snuffy said on the Filling The Pail podcast, nobody goes into teaching because they want to control kids and make them obedient, they go into teaching because they want

Patrik von Bahr

patrikvb

Things are looking REALLY good for @StageZeroLS, here's a quick rundown why:After 20 years, as absolute pioneers within the mRNA space, they are ready to commercialize their flagship product "Aristotle"

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD

greenleejw

Have you been looking, without any luck, for eel testicles? Not sure how to sex an eel? Well don't worry...you're not alone. People from Aristotle onward tried & failed. Sigmund

Christopher Frey

FreyChristopher

Since Aristotle on natural slavery is the philosophy twitter topic of the day, I thought I'd say something about his actual argument (and some of the reasons why it's wrong).

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

The NYT suggests cancelling Aristotle. This is retrospective bigotteering; it implies moral values DO NOT evolve.People need to be judged with respect to the morals OF THEIR OWN TIME.(But we

The Kaipullai

thekaipullai

There are things in this world, when viewed in isolation, look okay, but surprise us, when viewed relative to something else. Like The Higginbothams book store on Mount Road, Co

Jordan L. Perkins

jordanlperkins

Will never get over how, for ToJ era Rawls, human society is basically just a big corporation for generating stuff (not just goods and services, but prestigious jobs, etc.), and

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