#Aristotle

Alex John London

AlexJohnLondon

1. I think a lot about the stoics because they had such a radical view of the transient nature of...everything. Epictetus just flat out says that everyone you know is

Zeyad el Nabolsy (زياد النابلسي)

ZNabolsy

My take on the “cancel Aristotle debate”: what people are really demanding is a way of teaching the history of philosophy in a way that takes the sociology of philosophy

Stephen Mullens

srmullens

Today was our first Communicating Science class discussion. We talked about audiences. (duh, right?) To prep, I had the students read the first few chapters of “Thinking, Fast and Slow”

Willis Domingo

WillisDomingo

1/ A few random and very disjointed thoughts: 1) There is logical ontology and there is physical ontology. An object of logical ontology is anything that can be designated by

Ani Chen

ani_a_chen

Some quick thoughts on one point in yesterday’s Agnes Callard op-ed concerning Aristotle on women 1/ The passage in question is Politics 1.13: "For the slave wholly lacks the deliberative

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

African Ancient schools_Famous well known Greeks (Europeans) whom we study their history and writings, studied at the feet of Ancient Egyptian (Kemet) scholars at the Temple of Waset founded 1405B.C

Rochelle D. is at best a serviceable baker

rochellehd

Generosity of thought has to be more than just extending consideration to like, the most famous thinkers and the loudest talkers and those with the biggest platforms. Think of how

James West

ejwwest

Let’s examine the “Galileo gambit” in more detail.If you’re a Hunter gatherer community or Neolithic farmer, the world is flat. In fact if you’re a medieval peasant who rarely goes

William Shakespeare (tux) Pepæ

dowenotrevenge

Im not sure if this meme is pro marxism (since marx was a materialist) or anti (since marxism didnt work out in material reality) but i think its a good

🌿🕊Carminda B🕊🌿

carmindabrendel

Abromovic & G Maxwell had no children ... What happened toR. Maxwell’s eldest “son “ ??https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jul/26/marina-abramovic-abortions-children-disaster-work Callas Also never had children Hmm Mari

neville park

neville_park

It has been...interesting, in the wake of Jan. 6, to see how many viral tweets I saw on here in the heat of the moment were misleading or wrong.E.g. guy

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[QUICK THREAD: BURIDAN'S ASS]1/28An old French proverb goes, on ne fait pas boire un âne qui n'a pas soif. Translated to English, one does not make a donkey drink if

Craig A. Carter

CraigACarter1

1/x. I frequently get asked what to read in philosophy. There are no shortcuts. If you started an MDiv w/o the equiv. of a minor in Phil. you were at

Ask An Entomologist

BugQuestions

Although we disagree with this tweet...it gives us an opportunity to explore a really interesting topic.What we now call 'queen' bees-the main female reproductive honeybees-were erroneously called 'kings' for nearly

Meekaale Brockman

meekaale

I’m becoming very interested in Aristotelian ethics as a framework for looking critically at our world — and how that relates to the genesis, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD and

Liam Bright

lastpositivist

My guess at the standard Western canon in philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca, Epicurus, Cicero, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Voltaire, Descartes, Berkeley, Leibniz, Hume, Spinoza, Kant

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