What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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We used to have a pulpit chair that the church had stopped using. Dad called it his philosopher king chair.
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Ha! That's great... yes, that's part of the legacy. The term "theology" is also coined therein (Book 2). There also is a curious morphing of the 12 Gods into "God" in the course of that exchange... the term used in the original is Dios (another way to say Zeus)... all of which is directly connected to "Theos" and Deus... Of course, Zeus was not always "good" and the transformation that occurs in these pages marks the emergence of a "Dios" that is always good, and abides in the heavens for all to look up to, to emulate, and by which to guide their lives. The ruse that accompanies this is that Socrates says that they'd need a poet to create such a God, but alas, they lack one... so he volunteers to fill in... thus becoming the poet, while simultaneously making the case for banning the poets from the city because of the otherwise false and socially detrimental images they conjure. --All of which is Plato, of course, beneath his Socratic mask.

@5K Qs This one is for you, Gary... I managed to keep the shavings/curls together :D
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Jack Black Jack Black And this one is for you, Jack... going over the conclusion and summary judgement to reference when discussing "being unto death" for an upper level course grappling with existentialism and the Absurd.

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JTB_5 said:
Aias Aias have you read Thornton Wilder’s Ides of March?
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Ha! You're taking me back to Freshman year of college! The good Jesuits at Fordham University encouraged us to read widely! I remember a more well rounded and human (as opposed to mythical) portrayal of of Julius Caesar.

Have you read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations? The Gregory Hays translation is excellent.
 
Aias said:
Ha! That's great... yes, that's part of the legacy. The term "theology" is also coined therein (Book 2). There also is a curious morphing of the 12 Gods into "God" in the course of that exchange... the term used in the original is Dios (another way to say Zeus)... all of which is directly connected to "Theos" and Deus... Of course, Zeus was not always "good" and the transformation that occurs in these pages marks the emergence of a "Dios" that is always good, and abides in the heavens for all to look up to, to emulate, and by which to guide their lives. The ruse that accompanies this is that Socrates says that they'd need a poet to create such a God, but alas, they lack one... so he volunteers to fill in... thus becoming the poet, while simultaneously making the case for banning the poets from the city because of the otherwise false and socially detrimental images they conjure. --All of which is Plato, of course, beneath his Socratic mask.

@5K Qs This one is for you, Gary... I managed to keep the shavings/curls together :D
niRxc2q.jpg


Jack Black Jack Black And this one is for you, Jack... going over the conclusion and summary judgement to reference when discussing "being unto death" for an upper level course grappling with existentialism and the Absurd.

XOiKUc6.jpg
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Excellent post Aias Aias :) Thank you for the photo, an excellent read :) With your recent teachings, I imagine The Secret Agent received a mention perhaps ;) :D :thumbsup:
 
Gonna make a quick trip to town to top off the gas so we'll be ready to go up to Klamath Falls, Oregon tomorrow morning for my quarterly check up. Don't know how or why but this Buck 055 might come in handy at the gas pumps. Of course a stop at the Wagon Wheel Cafe is a mandatory stop.

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I have been AWOL for the last couple of days. I'm only working today and tomorrow this week as it was my son's third birthday yesterday, and I have 30 or so landscaping plants being delivered tomorrow that will want to go in the ground Friday and Saturday. I did manage to get some yard work in yesterday around the birthday festivities, and the ole faithful sodbuster is the perfect companion for that. That is NOT my grass in the background!

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Today in the office I am carrying a couple that are new to me. The English Jack should take care of any large slicing that needs to occur, and the 25 will handle the smaller tasks with ease I am sure. Happy Wednesday!

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Jack Black said:
Excellent post Aias Aias :) Thank you for the photo, an excellent read :) With your recent teachings, I imagine The Secret Agent received a mention perhaps ;) :D :thumbsup:
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yes—a classic, and one my advisor in grad school loved. I my dissertation was on dissent in Eastern Europe between the Prague Spring and 1989, so lit pertains to the Soviet/ communist experience was very apropos!
 
Aias said:
Ha! You're taking me back to Freshman year of college! The good Jesuits at Fordham University encouraged us to read widely! I remember a more well rounded and human (as opposed to mythical) portrayal of of Julius Caesar.

Have you read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations? The Gregory Hays translation is excellent.
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I haven’t read it but I picked it up recently at a used book store. I read Wilder’s Bridge of St. Luis Rey back in grad school when researching the problem of evil. I’m eager to read this one because one reviewer said it portrays Caesar as a “modern” man.

I’ve skimmed Aurelius’ Meditations and I’ve encountered some of his quotations in Farnsworth’s excellent introduction to stoicism. I have a copy of Aurelius but I’m away from home and am not sure who the translator is.

It is nice to find another knife nut and student of classical literature. There are a few of us around here.
 
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This is the first wedge whittler that I have been able to inspect. Now I can see why these are considered to demonstrate the highest level of a cutler’s skill. They have the same type of quality craftsmanship that you see in a Swiss watch, and GEC did an excellent job with this one.

These are really big boy knives. Didn’t Marcus Aurelius carry a whittler Aias Aias ?
 
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JTB_5 said:
I haven’t read it but I picked it up recently at a used book store. I read Wilder’s Bridge of St. Luis Rey back in grad school when researching the problem of evil. I’m eager to read this one because one reviewer said it portrays Caesar as a “modern” man.

I’ve skimmed Aurelius’ Meditations and I’ve encountered some of his quotations in Farnsworth’s excellent introduction to stoicism. I have a copy of Aurelius but I’m away from home and am not sure who the translator is.

It is nice to find another knife nut and student of classical literature. There are a few of us around here.
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yes! Great to make the connection! I’ve been a Prof for about 16 years, and while I mostly teach courses in political thought, literature and the classics fall within my scope of interests and were part of my training. The problem of evil is fascinating—let me know if you’d ever want to continue this conversation elsewhere. —Tony
 
Aias said:
yes—a classic, and one my advisor in grad school loved. I my dissertation was on dissent in Eastern Europe between the Prague Spring and 1989, so lit pertains to the Soviet/ communist experience was very apropos!
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That sounds like a fascinating subject for your dissertation :thumbsup:

Peregrin said:
Have a good humpday!
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Handsome pair Gary :) :thumbsup:
 
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