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Not so "fringy" (and all too common) see Kamelkatt above, who thinks that extreme wealth implies "minimum wage" workers - and who may well be wearing shoes/clothes produced by grateful 3rd-World workers (as I am - also grateful).
Good thing HE is not a "king" in the Platonic mold.
Given the implications of "kings" and the alleged top-down control in The Republic, it's a sure bet that Rand loathed The Republic.
Given that Socrates is using the Republic as a metaphor for the mind, that would be rather wonderfully ironic. But I wouldn't be at all surprised to find it was true.
"Metaphor for the mind" - it seems that some have taken Plato's thought-experiment as more prescriptive than metaphorical - though that may be a series of invalid inferences on my part.
I once had an older colleague that said the Darwin has be similarly misused. He would say:
"Everyone has an axe to grind. Darwin gave them an edge"
(more metaphors)
I will definitely buy your book - perhaps you can recommend a modern-English translation - annotated and/or otherwise? Have Amazon ship that, too.
I'll be interested to see what you think of the New Adventures!
I'm afraid to say I used the now universally scorned Jowett translation. I kind of like the nineteenth century language, but experts (which, alas, I am not), say there are much better ones as far as accuracy goes.
I'll look for the Jowett - though as a "modern" lazy reader - now lazier as I get older (1958 was a very good year for us both) - I may "bail" and get a more "colloquial" one. For sure, I'll enjoy yours - and may forgo "further study". Next stop - Project Gutenberg.
I must admit that one of the reasons I read the Jowett edition was being lucky enough to find a high quality two volume bound edition at a reasonable price.
Well, THAT was EASY - now have a text file of the Jowett - can now readily read it on a laptop. Sampling - it seems to be fine - not too tough. If I really get interested, I'll edit parts of it meself. Thanks!
Delighted to hear that you and the estimable Professor Jowett are already on good terms!
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Not so "fringy" (and all too common) see Kamelkatt above, who thinks that extreme wealth implies "minimum wage" workers - and who may well be wearing shoes/clothes produced by grateful 3rd-World workers (as I am - also grateful). Good thing HE is not a "king" in the Platonic mold.
Given the implications of "kings" and the alleged top-down control in The Republic, it's a sure bet that Rand loathed The Republic.Given that Socrates is using the Republic as a metaphor for the mind, that would be rather wonderfully ironic. But I wouldn't be at all surprised to find it was true.
"Metaphor for the mind" - it seems that some have taken Plato's thought-experiment as more prescriptive than metaphorical - though that may be a series of invalid inferences on my part. I once had an older colleague that said the Darwin has be similarly misused. He would say:
"Everyone has an axe to grind. Darwin gave them an edge"
(more metaphors)
I will definitely buy your book - perhaps you can recommend a modern-English translation - annotated and/or otherwise? Have Amazon ship that, too.
I'll be interested to see what you think of the New Adventures! I'm afraid to say I used the now universally scorned Jowett translation. I kind of like the nineteenth century language, but experts (which, alas, I am not), say there are much better ones as far as accuracy goes.
I'll look for the Jowett - though as a "modern" lazy reader - now lazier as I get older (1958 was a very good year for us both) - I may "bail" and get a more "colloquial" one. For sure, I'll enjoy yours - and may forgo "further study". Next stop - Project Gutenberg.
I must admit that one of the reasons I read the Jowett edition was being lucky enough to find a high quality two volume bound edition at a reasonable price.
Well, THAT was EASY - now have a text file of the Jowett - can now readily read it on a laptop. Sampling - it seems to be fine - not too tough. If I really get interested, I'll edit parts of it meself. Thanks!
Delighted to hear that you and the estimable Professor Jowett are already on good terms!
Given the implications of "kings" and the alleged top-down control in The Republic, it's a sure bet that Rand loathed The Republic.
As for Objectivists, who cares? Without power or general misbehavior (or, given the non-aggression principle, simple rhetorical influence/persuasion) extreme fringes are properly ignored.
Off to find commentaries on New Adventures