Friends,
I hope you’ve enjoyed our time together this week—I know I have. While I love analyzing current events and big problems with philosophy, I also deeply enjoy returning to the basics and reminding myself where the big ideas come from.
It was really interesting to witness the development of various, separate ideas with Plato that would crescendo into a new, global theology with Augustine. One of my favorite philosophical authors, Norman Melchert, calls philosophy “The Great Conversation”—I don’t think there is a better way to describe it!
Check out our roundup below, and let me know if you have questions, what you liked/disliked, and if there is anyone you want to make sure we cover next week in our Ex-European journey.
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