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Catherine Barry, Hume Scholar, working on a PhD at Maynooth University on religious toleration in 18th century Ireland.
#EarlyModern, with a broad interest in Irish intellectual thought.
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Catherine Barry, Hume Scholar, working on a PhD at Maynooth University on religious toleration in 18th century Ireland.
#EarlyModern, with a broad interest in Irish intellectual thought.
Can't reply to messages (shrug)
Thanks so much for this!
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Thanks so much for this!
Lol, yes!
First time I read Symposium it was Ancibiades and Aristophanes that grabbed me, but theres more each time.
Like Socrates passing on wisdom of a woman to a group from which all women were excluded.
First time I read Symposium it was Ancibiades and Aristophanes that grabbed me, but theres more each time.
Like Socrates passing on wisdom of a woman to a group from which all women were excluded.
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Lol, yes!
First time I read Symposium it was Ancibiades and Aristophanes that grabbed me, but theres more each time.
Like Socrates passing on wisdom of a woman to a group from which all women were excluded.
First time I read Symposium it was Ancibiades and Aristophanes that grabbed me, but theres more each time.
Like Socrates passing on wisdom of a woman to a group from which all women were excluded.
At the time, the PM said it would split the nation if the people decided on whether Edward VIII should abdicate or not.
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
At the time, the PM said it would split the nation if the people decided on whether Edward VIII should abdicate or not.
The advantage is that if you get an Edward VIII, its the people's fault, not that of the institution.
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The advantage is that if you get an Edward VIII, its the people's fault, not that of the institution.
Such great writing. Alcibiades transforms the slightly comic trance of Socrates at the start into something divine (or rather, sees it as what it is?)
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Such great writing. Alcibiades transforms the slightly comic trance of Socrates at the start into something divine (or rather, sees it as what it is?)