#philosophy
6 posts
2026 - October
1 post2026 - September
1 post2026 - August
1 post2026 - July
1 post2026 - May
1 post2026 - April
1 post2026 - October
1 postDialogue on the Mentor and Trust
A Socratic dialogue: Glaucon discovers that two men he admires despise each other, and Socrates leads him to examine the need for a mentor, the danger of trusting too much and the duty to form one's own judgment, knowing that even the master errs.
2026 - September
1 postDialogue on the New Tool
A Socratic dialogue at a bar after work: Glaucon shows up excited about a new tool and Socrates asks what it actually solves.
2026 - August
1 postThe Myth of Er
A text on the Myth of Er, from Plato's Republic: what the reading stirred up at a stage of life when it became necessary, even without the foundations to fully understand it.
2026 - July
1 postDialogue on the Master and Practice
A Socratic dialogue: Glaucon leaves the palaestra annoyed, and Socrates leads him to examine what makes a master and why practice cannot be learned by listening alone.
2026 - May
1 postStudy as a Path to Liberation
Reflections of a former terrible student on how study stopped being an obligation and became a path to freedom.
2026 - April
1 postDialogue on Labels and Truth
A Socratic dialogue: Socrates finds Glaucon annoyed at a tablet full of inscriptions, and the conversation turns into an inquiry about labels, judgments and what truth is.