tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post8305939284020030384..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Voegelin on Rawlsgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-77802477175362104722012-02-20T19:58:31.242-05:002012-02-20T19:58:31.242-05:00"What was Plato's explanation of why cont..."What was Plato's explanation of why contract theories don't work?"<br /><br />It was the <a href="http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.3.ii.html" rel="nofollow">explanation that wound up giving us The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings</a>.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-48703801797117093772012-02-20T12:00:15.764-05:002012-02-20T12:00:15.764-05:00Oakeshott writes in the into to Experience and Its...Oakeshott writes in the into to Experience and Its Modes: "A philosopher is not, as such, a scholar; and philosophy, more often than not, has foundered in learning. There is no book which is indispensable for the study of philosophy. And to speak of a philosopher as ignorant is to commit an ignoratio elenchi; an historian or a scientist may be ignorant, philosophers merely stupid."<br /><br />Which is to say, Oakeshott's take on Rawls might be even harsher than Voegelin's...Daniel McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151051165704452294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-90878463304630055012012-02-18T20:00:58.468-05:002012-02-18T20:00:58.468-05:00What was Plato's explanation of why contract t...What was Plato's explanation of why contract theories don't work?Silas Bartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09480427306873460464noreply@blogger.com