Yay for rhetoric!

[3pipeproblem]

I'm reading Plato's Apology for my Prison class. For whatever reason I really like Socrates' style. Perhaps because I'm a sucker for a courtroom drama or anything that has justice as a theme. Or maybe because he's such an arrogant asshole. Either way, good times.

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[tryogeru.livejournal.com]

My Philosophy Prof. gets moved to tears when he reads the Apology...
He was like, "anyone else cry when reading this?" and the room was dead silent (and I go to all girls school and there's usually one or two who are quite moved by sad things).

I just thought it was kind of funny, how Socractes goes on and on, and then poof! jury decides him guilty. Then he goes on and on about the 'punishment,' and poof! jury decides death, and I bet at least a small part of Socrates is like "Damn!"

I make no sense.

^.^;;

[3pipeproblem.livejournal.com]

My copy is full of snarky footnotes, so I'll look in the back and it'll say something like "Lord knows what Socrates was trying to accomplish by saying this." I kid you not. XD

[tryogeru.livejournal.com]

Lol!

^.^

[moomookrymoo.livejournal.com]

I think Socrates is an intellectual jackass to be frank. Remindes me of Ten Pas or Parker Himes. In Humanities last year Ten Pas would try to relate everything to physics. (Probably because he was doing his physics homework during class...)

[3pipeproblem.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but at least Socrates made sense. He seems more similar to Parker than Ten Pas, because Parker can make intelligent comments. It happens. He can't write worth a damn, though, as Brad and I know ;)

As for Ten Pas, while we were reading Portrait of the Artist, he kept mentioning how Stephen was the first martyr. That was all he had to contribute. Every day.

[beechball.livejournal.com]

Even better, that wonderful fact that St. Stephen was the first martyr is one of the very first notes in the back, just after "Dedalus is Icarus' father". And yeah, Parker can't right worth a damn :)