Over at MQPhil we started a little discussion about ethics, it has evolved into a discussion about the use of words, starting with ethics, then intrinsic and now I have thrown my 2 cents worth in and brought up my pet peeve; business use of the word philosophy!
I don’t understand how businesses can get the meaning of words so wrong.
SOAPBOXING:
a philosophical question game, inspired by the manner of great philosophers, ancient and modern
The rules are simple:
1. Everyone writes down a question.
2. Someone volunteers to answer one of those questions, chosen randomly or not.
3. As the Player, they have 3-4 minutes to answer it. Examples of this include:
- thinking out loud;
- looking up the answer;
- waxing lyrically about a mistake someone else made in answering a similar question;
- opening the floor to discussion;
- cross-examining an audience member, Socratic-style;
- giving a performative dance…
4. No one else may speak unless asked to by the Player.
5. The round may end whenever the Player wishes, when time runs out, or when the designated Judge gongs them.
Stolen from Platonic Society website…. http://au.geocities.com/platonicsociety/conversations.htm
Cheers
I have never given a lot of thought about versions of translations in the past, I just accepted them. Then I started a little bit of self study to get back into the swing of things, I have just started working through the MIT OpenCourse subject Classics in Western Philosophy, Spring 2006, completely self paced and no assessment. I do intend to post some of my work here, when I do it.
Anyway, in this course (the first topic being Plato) they based the readings on; Pojman, Louis P., ed. Classics of Philosophy. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0195148932. Now I thought my copy of penguin classics Last days of Socrates would basically be the same. As you can see from below maybe not?!!?