Plato’s Idea of the Teacher
Pedro Blas González Part Two of Two. Click here for Part One.Plato’s idea of a teacher does not necessarily mean a schoolteacher. Effective teachers are those who are up to the aforementioned task of facilitation—but the burden falls on the student. There must exist a...Human Nature, Allegory, and Truth in Plato’s Republic
Pedro Blas González The true lover of learning then must from his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth. —Plato Part One of Two.In the allegory of the cave, perhaps Plato’s most famous image, in Book VII of the Republic, the philosopher sets out on...The Dignity Conspiracy and its Strange Hold on Our Souls
Modern and American Dignity: Who We Are as Persons, and What That Means for Our Future by Peter Augustine Lawler (ISI Books, 2010). In response to the essay collection Human Dignity and Bioethics, published by George W. Bush’s President’s Council on Bioethics, Steven...Ortega y Gasset’s Metaphysical Cure for Invertebrate Cultures
The Revolt of the Masses by José Ortega y Gasset. W. W. Norton, [1930] 1994, 192 pages. Reviewed by Pedro Blas González When the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955) published his seminal work The Revolt of the Masses (La Rebellion de las Masas) in...
In light of the ridiculous canceling of @RichLowry, time to return to my indictment of cancel culture. Did I get it right, Rich? @NRO
Join @ubookman editor @lsheahan on Monday night as he discusses Hannah's Children with author @CRPakaluk.