Jim Barcelona's Philosophy and Food Blog

Monday, April 25. 2005

Aristotle's Poetics in Wikipedia

This is a shameless plug for my contributions to Wikipedia, a free on-line encyclopedia that anybody can edit.

I created three entries so far in Wikipedia:

Spinoza's Coat, which got voted for deletion and then was deleted 4 votes to 1
Aristotle's Poetics
On species

The entry on Aristotle's Rhetoric needs some work. I'm excited about adding to that entry.

Do you have a wikipedia contribution? If so, post a comment below or send me an email to barce A T cyphgen D O T com.

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barce

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Wednesday, April 20. 2005

Seneca on Success

"Pronounce yourself happy only when all your satisfactions are begotten of reason, and when, having surveyed what men struggle for, pray for, watch over, you find nothing to desire let alone prefer. I give you a rule of thumb to assess yourself and ascertain your perfection: You will come into possession when you understand that the 'successful' are least successful. Farewell."

Letter 124, "Reason and the True Good," Seneca.

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barce

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Tuesday, April 5. 2005

Done with Thucydides

I've read it all - all 8 books of Thucydides' Peloponnesian War, and no work has wounded me so deeply. Is it really all just about power?

I mentioned Thucydides earlier

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barce

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