[lit-ideas] Philosophy: A Collaborative Effort

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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