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| animalishness... |
 Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 4:30 pm |
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| tg... |
| Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:38 pm |
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On May 15, 10:01 am, "steve" <st... at (no spam) steve.com> wrote:
Quote: From the Roger Kimball article regarding "multiculturalism":
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The most ironic aspect of this whole spectacle is that what appears to its
adherents as bravely anti-Western is in fact part of the West’s long
tradition of self-scrutiny. Indeed, criticism of the West has been a
prominent ingredient in the West's self-understanding at least since
Socrates invited his fellow Athenians to debate with him about the nature of
the good life. No civilization in history has been as consistently
self-critical as the West.
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This observation is dead on.
Just how is a 'civilization' self-critical? And what 'civilization'
are we comparing it to?
Oh yeah, and what was it that happened to Socrates?
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| David Johnston... |
| Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:16 pm |
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On Wed, 14 May 2008 19:30:04 -0700 (PDT), animalishness
<animalishness at (no spam) live.com> wrote:
Quote: http://www.newcriterion.com/
Which movie was that? |
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| David Oberman... |
| Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:55 pm |
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tg <tgdenning at (no spam) earthlink.net> wrote:
Quote: Oh yeah, and what was it that happened to Socrates?
His dialectic & self-reflection became the foundation of philosophy in
the West?
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Wem meine Musik sich verständlich macht, der muß frei
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