[lit-ideas] Philosophy: A Collaborative Effort
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:22:43 EDT
In a message dated 3/11/2009 10:33:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx writes:
As for Socrates and boys, the connection between eros and learning was
recognized by the ancient Greeks. Guy Davenport takes up the topic in
his essay "Eros, His Intelligence," from _The Hunter Gracchus_, p. 135.
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Sorry for the boring header, but I was focusing on the mayeutic aspects of
his method. ("stretching the mind of virgin boys to produce ideas -- as a
midwife stretches the tissue of the sexual organ to get the baby out of a
female").
It seems philosophy _is_ collaborative; but then, as Geary says, so is
dentistry.
Cheers,
J. L. Speranza
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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