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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[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 :)