tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post7954017009351174155..comments2023-11-16T07:12:40.867-05:00Comments on Dissoi Blogoi: Presocratics Commentary in an Introductory CourseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post-29984737230087598742008-02-24T12:54:00.000-05:002008-02-24T12:54:00.000-05:00My opinion is that it's best to dispense with the ...My opinion is that it's best to dispense with the available commentaries and force students to come to grips with the fragments (at least the most important of them) on their own. Making one or another commentary required reading, I think, gives the impression that it's fairly clear how the fragments are to be interpreted (<I>even if</I> the commentator goes out of her/his way to say that it isn't so clear and/or discusses alternate interpretations). Also it places an unnecessary obstacle between students and the philosophers in quesiton. Of course, without requiring a commentary, the teacher will have to provide a little background and commentary of her/his own, but this, I find, is far better than making students read and (try to) understand what some other teacher or scholar said about these philosophers. This approach allows for more creative thinking about the fragments. Then again, if one is interested in quick sketchy "surveys" of what these philosophers are supposed to have said, one may as well require them to read some modern commentary - and, while one is at it, one may as well dispense with the fragments themselves. But this can hardly pass for an <I>education</I> in Presocratic philosophy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post-52729667997710717732008-02-21T00:49:00.000-05:002008-02-21T00:49:00.000-05:00For whatever it's worth: I hope (1) and (2) do be...For whatever it's worth: I hope (1) and (2) do become regular features on Dissoi Blogoi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post-87433745405832337212008-02-20T19:18:00.000-05:002008-02-20T19:18:00.000-05:00Thank youThank youEric Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952067760221174268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post-33377320227152703192008-02-20T13:52:00.000-05:002008-02-20T13:52:00.000-05:00Rep II 371C (not speculators but retailers)Rep II 371C (not speculators but retailers)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post-33356860211989072562008-02-20T13:36:00.000-05:002008-02-20T13:36:00.000-05:00Pardon the non sequitor. Do you know where in the...Pardon the non sequitor. Do you know where in the Republic Socrates talks about the speculators, those too weak to do real work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post-21299368016022019982008-02-20T09:18:00.000-05:002008-02-20T09:18:00.000-05:00David Furley, The Greek CosmologistsDavid Furley, The Greek CosmologistsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com