The Laws

 

The lesson is that we should make every effort to imitate the life men are said to have lived under Kronos; we should run our public and our private lives, our homes and our cities, in obedience to what little spark of immortality lies in us, and dignify this dispensation of reason with the name of "law."

                                ~Plato, The Laws, sec. 714a, tr. Trevor J. Saunders
 

The Bard

 

James Wright

 

Free to the People

 

Alexandre Koyré

 ...the message of Socrates that reaches out to us across the centuries, is pregnant with timely significance for us. Watch out, he warns us. See to the education of the city, of its future citizens, of its future governors. Do not restrict yourselves to training them for a specific job, trade or function: moral eduction, respect of truth, devotion to the city, is what makes good citizens. Never forget that friendship and the spirit of helpful cooperation form the link that holds the city together and constitutes its force. 

                                          ~Discovering Plato, 110-111.

Circles

                                                         Do perfect circles exist?

Condemned to Freedom

                                                         Sartre's staying power.

Socrates Discussing Philosophy with his Disciples

 

Arabic miniature from a manuscript, 13th Century. Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi Kutuphanesi.

The Consolatio

 

Philosophy Consoling Boethius and Fortune Turning the Wheel; Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?), French, active about 1450 - 1485; Paris, France, Europe; about 1460 - 1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf 7.3 x 17 cm (2 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - 6 Studies on English Folksong