The fact that Socrates wrote nothing, himself, but made such an impression on others, makes him pretty easy to write about. Moreover, the fact that Plato’s central arguments about the Realm of Pure Forms cannot stand up to rational scrutiny makes discussions of his ideas relatively straightforward. However, when it comes to philosophers who have a vast range of good ideas, matters become much more […]
The Wellspring
Years ago, even before I went to college, I stumbled upon the notion of cultural “hearths.” The term refers to the places where a particular idea – such as a religion, or idea, or type of art, or some sort of technology – originated. From that “hearth,” the religion or idea or art or whatever spread to other areas, adopted more or less successfully by […]