The (Most) Nabobist

In Our Time is back. Whew. It’s been a long summer.

This week:

Of all the names in ancient philosophy, Socrates is one to conjure with. Born in 469 BC into the golden age of the city of Athens, his impact is so profound that all the thinkers who went before are simply known as pre-Socratic.

In person Socrates was deliberately irritating, he was funny and he was rude; he didn’t like democracy very much and spent quite a lot of time in shoe shops. He claimed he was on a mission from God to educate his fellow Athenians but has left us nothing in his own hand because he refused to write anything down.

Contributors

Angie Hobbs, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University

David Sedley, Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University

Paul Millett, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge

In 6 Youtube parts. Not Melvin Bragg radio host, but Melvin Bragg tv host"

Date: August 12, 2008
Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Theme: In the heat under a magnolia, non-southerners discuss what it is to be from the Southern United States.

Attendees(6):

Heidi Klum
Donald Trump
Gary Coleman
Bea Arthur
Crispin Glover
Raven Simone

*All dinners served in the round unless otherwise noted.

via project.ioni.st

“I protect myself with a suit of irony.”

Cyr Wheel from Reggie Watts on Vimeo.

Cliff Edwards

“That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason.” — from Jackson’s Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal – Nuremberg

O pato vinha cantando alegremente, quem, quem, Quando o marreco sorridente pediu para entrar também no samba, no samba, no samba,
O ganso gostou da dupla e fez também quem, quem
Olhou pro cisne e disse assim vem, vem, Que um quarteto ficará bem,
muito bom, muito bem
Na beira da lagôa a foram ensaiar para começar o tico-tico no fubá
a voz do pato era mesmo um desaca- to jogo de cena com o ganso era ma- to
mas eu gostei do final quando caíram n'água
ensaiando o vocal
quem, quem, quem, quem
quem, quem, quem, quem
quem, quem, quem, quem

James Hill

The journey begins as below. Humble as a shell.



Bon voyage ! from Remyyy and Vimeo.