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Myth in the Origin of Democracy

Myth in the Origin of Democracy

The central, binding myth for the modern Western state is that of Democracy, celebrated in the festival and performance of...

Rules for Analysis of Argument

Rules for Analysis of Argument

Method for analysis of argument (difference between constructing an argument and analysing one is that in the second case both...

Notes on Plato’s Phaedrus (2/2) Argument Against Rhetoricians and Writing

Notes on Plato’s Phaedrus (2/2) Argument Against Rhetoricians and Writing

Argument Against Rhetoricians In one sense the second part of Plato’s Phaedrus is an exegesis on the first: a discussion...

Notes on Plato’s Phaedrus (1/2): The Argument for Love

Notes on Plato’s Phaedrus (1/2): The Argument for Love

PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates, Phaedrus. SCENE: Under a plane-tree, by the banks of the Ilissus. SOCRATES: Phaedrus, my friend!...

Rules of Argument (1)

Rules of Argument (1)

Structure of argument An argument is constituted of a proposition or conclusion, and premises. The  proposition or conclusion is the...

Slipped Hegemony

Slipped Hegemony

Notes for a Tutorial on Humpty Dumpty

Notes for a Tutorial on Humpty Dumpty

Language as Game of Power … there are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents –‘...

A Cogent Argument on the Republic

A Cogent Argument on the Republic

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A definition for fiction

A definition for fiction

A bare bones definition for fiction: 1. A fiction is a text of a (centred) world that references some other...

Against atheism – third addendum

Against atheism – third addendum

The Argument from Possibility When contemplating the general question as to the existence of a deity, is is usual to...