DIOTIMA a philosophical review

Volume 1, No. 2
Summer 2000

In Praise of
Ignorance
Lewis White Beck

There are many kinds of ignorance. Is ignorance regarding the highest things our happy destiny?

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Liberal Education and Literature
Jim Kee

Literature prepares us to participate in the 'working' of art and the 'happening' of truth.

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Socrates and the Homeric Gods
Nalin Ranasinghe

How did Socrates regard the gods? Does he teach us how to revive a moribund tradition?

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Eurocentrism and Pluralism
Joseph Lawrence

Is the New Pluralism less open than the Classical Tradition it would discredit and supplant?

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Freedom and the Supersensible
Harold Brogan

Does freedom oblige us to interpret the world in the best of all possible ways?

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On Private and Public Values
Predrag Cicovacki

The healthiest individual and the best organized society both require continual growth and regeneration.

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The Epistemology of Panic
Jeffrey Johnson

Panicked reaction rules out dialogue or creative engagement. Why then is panic often rationalized?

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