Laws According to Nature
Nemec and Trox battle over the nature of law and justice, procedure and equity in today's exciting installment. How does our understanding of reality ...
Squinting at the Good
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Plato tried gazing at transcendent; we merely squint at it. Two friends with a mutual love for philosophy have occasionally witty and always stimulating conversation on topics that run the gamut from the pre-Socratics to literary thematics.
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