It's All Greek To You! Plato's Main Points |
"What, he said, about the statement we made that learning is recollection and that, if this was so, our soul must of necessity exist elsewhere before us, before it was imprisoned in the body?...But yo...
Posted by Vincent on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:27:00 PST |
It's All Greek To You! Protagoras at a Glance |
"A human being is the measure of all things--of those that are, that they are, and of things that are not, that they are not....There are two opposing arguments (logoi) concerning every thing....[I wi...
Posted by Vincent on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:32:00 PST |
It's All Greek to You! Sextus Empiricus (he's really Roman!) |
"The Eighth Mode is that based on relativity; and by it we conclude that, since all things are relative, we shall suspend judgment regarding their independent and real essence. But the point we must ...
Posted by Vincent on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:38:00 PST |
It's All Greek To You! Socrates in Small Words |
"Some might say: 'are you not ashamed, Socrates, to have followed the kind of occupation that has led to your being now in danger of death?' I should be right, however, to reply him: 'you are wron...
Posted by Vincent on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:45:00 PST |
Best of Wurst VII: A Critique of Truman State |
**This position paper was originally written to the Interdisciplinary Oversight Committee of Truman State University and a panel of professors who were against the Interdisciplinary Major. As a voca...
Posted by Vincent on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:41:00 PST |
Letter to my former co-workers from Washington DC |
Dear former co-workers, First of all, hello. Secondly, how're you? I only have so much time because I'm stealing someone else's internet access to write this email, and I don't k...
Posted by Vincent on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:49:00 PST |
Strongly Worded Letter to Brock |
Dear Sir, Madam, Group of Sirs, Group of Madams, or any combination therein:Over the last 14 minutes I have been subjected, with great dissatisfaction, to your tepid and spiritless claims that you de...
Posted by Vincent on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:57:00 PST |
Briefing: Heidegger's Being and Time (that's right, I took on Heidegger) |
Main Points of Heidegger:-Understanding is a basic mode of Dasein (process of being human)-Understanding processes significance of the for-the-sake-of-which, so that in Understanding, we have a basic ...
Posted by Vincent on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:58:00 PST |
Best of Wurst VI: Boy Scouts and Soapbox_Harry |
My uncle is a Boy Scout troop leader. Many of my family members and friends were involved in Scouts. To those who know something of the Scouts, the 2000 decision to stand openly a...
Posted by Vincent on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:49:00 PST |
Best of Wurst V: Artist's Statement |
When I had my initial thought of what "Cronus and His Son" should be, I imagined it as a short story about a hunting trip gone terribly wrong. I was working on the three-work set a...
Posted by Vincent on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:36:00 PST |
