How much of a “book” is this? The “Book Club” title seems to be getting vague. Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan both have referred to Somnium as one of the earliest works of science fiction and I guess it just depends on your definition of “Science Fiction”. However, saying that Somnium is not so muchContinue reading “Book Club: Somnium”
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Book Club: The Mint; 1:1-4
Last night I read 4 “chapters” of The Mint by T.E. Lawrence. I put chapters in quotes because those 4 sections amount to only about 8 total pages of reading. It’s obvious to me that this book is going to be fascinating both in subject and in diction. I honestly don’t know how well thisContinue reading “Book Club: The Mint; 1:1-4”
Book Club: Plato’s Republic: Book 4: Part 1 of 2
At the end of Book 3 Socrates had just finished describing the overall, macro level, organizational systems of his Hypothetical “Perfect” City. The reason I’m preemptively separating this section into 2 parts is because I think Book 4 has alot to say. I think that’s fine since I basically broke down Book 3 into multipleContinue reading “Book Club: Plato’s Republic: Book 4: Part 1 of 2”
Book Club: Plato’s Republic Book 3
On the last episode of Book Club I kind of got sidetracked into talking about the mental process of interpreting the book rather than the actual interpretation. Book 3 is pretty interesting, at least in my opinion, and seems to mostly focus on the idea of, capital-E Education. People who know me know that IContinue reading “Book Club: Plato’s Republic Book 3”
Book Club: Plato’s Republic: The Loyalty Issue
Usually I use this blog to take notes, citing exact lines to comment on and what not. When I read book 3 however, I was on a car ride so this post will be a little different. I think I mostly want to go over how I approach those parts of the book, and anythingContinue reading “Book Club: Plato’s Republic: The Loyalty Issue”
Book Club: Plato’s Republic: Book 3: Part 1/?
There was a months long gap between books 1 & 2 and now only a 3 day, I think, gap between 2 & 3. I guess I can skip the standard preliminaries but I am trying today to make paragraphs using periods to indent. WordPress deletes spaces I use to try and indent So I’llContinue reading “Book Club: Plato’s Republic: Book 3: Part 1/?”
Book Club: Plato’s Republic: Book 2
It’s been a long while since I did one of these. I finished book 1 and never started book 2. Just as a recap I’ll remind my millions and millions of readers that all I’m doing is reading Plato’s Republic and using this blog to take notes. Every section has a number, IDK why theContinue reading “Book Club: Plato’s Republic: Book 2”
Plato’s Republic: Book Two into Random Thoughts
It’s been a couple weeks since I read the first section of Plato’s Republic and I’m bored right now so I figured I’d read book 2. Just as a reminder I’m gonna put the designation of whatever section I’m on every time I feel like I want to write something down. I don’t expect anyoneContinue reading “Plato’s Republic: Book Two into Random Thoughts”
Read and Write: Plato 1
I have an idea to try and read a book and write down my thoughts here. I’ve been meaning to get back into reading for a while and this may be a way to make things more interesting. I typically just read and then say my thoughts out loud. I guess that might sound aContinue reading “Read and Write: Plato 1”
The Mind of Joshypoo 