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John Armstrong
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Philosophy professor @svuedu answering questions Socratically

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Making something from material ingredients, rather from ideas only, gives my body, especially my legs, a welcome break from sitting before a computer. This is a brown sugar layer cake with cranberry Swiss meringue buttercream frosting, Yossy Arefi’s recipe—a pre-Thanksgiving treat.
November 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Did Plato think women should rule?

In Plato’s REPUBLIC, Socrates argues that sex differences are irrelevant to whether a woman should be in the governing class. What matters is her potential for virtue and wisdom, the same virtue and wisdom that male rulers should have (451d–457b).
November 21, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Should our enemies be destroyed?

The philosophy of Socrates held that justice is a skill that makes people more just, never less just.

Socrates held that to harm someone is to make them less just. It is never just to do that.

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November 20, 2024 at 11:54 PM