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Dr. George's old-fashioned fancies!

ERISTIC Studying Plato as an undergraduate, I came across the term, 'eristic argument'. What this means is a debate that is argumentative...

Semantic Tyrannies

In a recent article, 'Just Words', inspired by Thucydides, I looked at how human beings can change words’ meaning to fit new situations,...

The Dynamic Equilibrium of Humanity

A few days ago, Dr. Cyril Thiaudière, archaeological expert in the jewellery and trinkets of the ancient Mediterranean, posted the...

Just Words

Language - Humans' Most Powerful Weapon (for good or ill)! The pun in the title ‘Just Words’ is fully intended. The double meaning...

Leadership...It's a Two Way Thing!

This trend in research on leadership was noted by Yusuf M. Sidani of the Olayan School of Business in his 2014 article in the Journal of...

The Nature of Leadership

This thought for the day was originally going to be titled ‘The Danger of Self-Congratulations.’ What I simply mean by that is thinking...

Greek Tragedy Re-VISIT-ed

Friedrich Dürrenmatt – A Tragedian for Our Times Der Besuch der Alten Dame – A Modern Greek Tragedy[1] I first encountered the wonderful...

Reflections on Friendship

"It's a blessing when you have a like-minded group to support you. One that gets the challenges you face, offers support and advice and...

Licensed to Skill!

Recently, I have seen the term skill-based curriculum a lot. But what does it mean? I found various definitions in my search, but...

Einstein the Philosopher

Einstein and the ancients might initially seem like an odd juxtaposition, science legend Einstein and thinkers of the ancient world....

The Journey of Latin and Greek

Wordy Weekly XXXVI You may remember that this is part II of the wordy weeklies looking at Latin and Greek derivatives in languages other...

'There's Nothing Like A Good Joke!'

Comedy and Critical Thinking 'Oh yeah, well that was nothing like a good...' *sigh* a jibe I hear all the time in response to my puns....

A PS to today's sententia

A Challenge and Alternative to the Socratic Denial of the Weakness of Will In his Nichomachean Ethics (1145b), Aristotle rigorously...

Do we 'knowingly' do wrong?

Do we actually knowingly do wrong? Joking about Cadbury’s mini eggs aside (but my goodness, aren’t they good?), it is almost a reflex...

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