The (new) Geekery

[Rhiannon]

Ok i'll look up some stuff online and get a list together to post.

[Rhiannon]

Alrighty, I scouted around for a few links and here's what I came up with:

Spark Notes provides the study guides of various philosophical works, with an analysis and summary of each. You might wanna start on these:
The Republic (Plato talks about justice and other social/political issues)
The Apology (Plato writes about Socrates here)

You can also read Antigone. Although techincally not philosophy, it does cover many of the virtues considered noble by the Greeks (honor, loyalty to family) and things that were considered not noble (arrogance, dishonor, unjustice). It's a great play by the Greek Sophocles. It's not very long either (it's shorter than his other two plays.)

In terms of Greek philosophy, that will get you well on your way. I dont wanna bog you down either and make you feel like this is a homework assignment. That's why I found a study guide for the first two, and Antigone is the text of the play, but has the study guide and analysis link on the same page. You can google any info for the Greeks, or head out to your local library for a copy of Greek history. I will look for other philosophies, like Chinese (Confuncus is a famous one) Indian, and American philosophy. There is also hispanic philosophy but it is hard to find decent English translations.

Anyways, hope this helps get you on your way.

[Anonymous]

thanx rhia... you kick booty

ill definitely have to check out confuncus :rotfl:
sounds funky

[Rhiannon]

Some of his wisdom:
"man who stand on toilet is high on pot."
"man who run in front of car get tired, man who run behind car get exhausted"

Ok so he didnt say that but it's still funny

[Rhiannon]

Confucius, as promised. And this is the real thing Cha0s lol

This website has a brief bio of him, as well as links at the bottom linking to various books.

There is a wealth of texts on this website ofChinese philosophy.

Enjoy!

[Zack]

I don't have time to check it out now, but I will soon.
And my dad was a phil-fanatic as a teenager too...he told me to read some Plato...I guess I'll take a trip to my local library.

[Rhiannon]

on sparknotes.com they have the text there, unless you wanna read them on paper.

[barok]

Some of his wisdom:
"man who stand on toilet is high on pot."
"man who run in front of car get tired, man who run behind car get exhausted"

Ok so he didnt say that but it's still funny

Ha ha! Pretty funny! Let me try. It's been so long...

Do not remove a fly from a friends head with a hatchet.
He who steals a handful of gold is put in jail: he who steals a whole country is made king.

gah! that's all i can remember. i used to know alot more...

[adosorken]

"How famous do you have to be to be considered assassinated rather than murdered?"
"How many deaths must you accrue before you cross the line between serial killer and conquerer of nations?"
"Why are things sent by ship called cargo and things sent by car called shipment?"
"How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"

OK now I'm just being dumb

[Rhiannon]

"How famous do you have to be to be considered assassinated rather than murdered?"
"How many deaths must you accrue before you cross the line between serial killer and conquerer of nations?"
"Why are things sent by ship called cargo and things sent by car called shipment?"
"How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"

OK now I'm just being dumb

so this is what you do while i'm sleeping? :roll:
"Foolish man give wife piano, wise man give wife upright organ"

:wink: