We start the Oresteia this week. Please read the first play, Agamemnon. You may optionally also read the introduction. Please read also (to be discussed Thursday) the following selections from Plato and Aristotle: Text 1–From Plato’s Gorgias In this work Plato presents a dialogue between Polus and Socrates in which they discuss a theory of [...]
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Reading assignment for Tuesday, Feb. 10th
Posted in reading assignments, tagged Aristotle, art, Justice, Plato, therapeutic punishment, virtue on February 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Assignments for Thursday, Jan. 29th
Posted in reading assignments, writing assignments, tagged Hesiod, Homer, Justice, Odysseus, Odyssey on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, we will continue our discussion the Odyssey. We will be discussing the complexity of the character of Odysseus and Homeric ideas about foreigners and Greeks. In addition, I’ll introduce some Homeric terminology of retribution. Finally, we’ll bring in the Hesiod passage I posted for Tuesday, which employs the same epic diction of revenge [...]
Milky Justice
Posted in student commentary, tagged Justice on February 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Food safety concerns are not new to China, but for the first time, extreme measures have been taken to punish the guilty individuals. One of China’s leading dairy company have been found guilty of selling melamine contaminated milk. Melamine creates an illusion of higher protein count, but actually caused kidney stones and other ailments that [...]
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