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Author: Tim Dubber

I am an aspiring author and amateur thinker seeking to better understand the world.
January 10, 2021 Marginalia

Ion – Plato

Plato’s Ion is one of his shortest works, composed early in the Platonic corpus. It deals with the issue of

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January 7, 2021 Marginalia

Euthyphro – Plato

The Euthyphro – one of Plato’s early dialogues – is set just before the trial where Socrates is accused of

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December 27, 2020 Marginalia

Crito – Plato

The Crito is another of Plato’s earlier, shorter dialogues set shortly after Socrates’ conviction for impiety. Awoken by Crito in

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December 23, 2020 Uncategorized

E030 – Climate, mitigation and adaption

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jnjyc-f5bb8b Hello all! In our 30th episode, we discuss climate change and the issues facing adapting to and mitigating the

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December 16, 2020 Marginalia

Apology – Plato

The Apology is one of Plato’s earlier works and records a fictionalised account of Socrates’ defence speech in his trial

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December 5, 2020 Chinese

Huainanzi

Composed as a gift to the boy Emperor Wu of the early (Western) Han Dynasty, the Huainanzi is a complex

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December 2, 2020 Marginalia

On Nature – Parmenides

In this episode, I discuss the fragmentary writings of Parmenides, one of Greece’s earliest metaphysicians. Sources: Fragments: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fragments_of_Parmenides SEP article:

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December 1, 2020 Aimless Ramblings

E029 – Citizenship and personhood

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iw7s5-f3bfd6 Hello all! In our 29th episode, we discuss what it means to be a person, to be a citizen

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November 15, 2020 Aimless Ramblings

E028 – Beauty

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p9ipa-f24978 Hello all! In this episode we discuss beauty, its basis, and its role in the mind and society.

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