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Professor O’Grady’s considerate tribute highlights many of David Berman’s admirable qualities. I did not know Berman well personally – I…
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I taught in the philosophy department (“mental and moral sciences – philosophy”) at TCD in 1977-1979, and so had David…
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As a student of a terminal MA program, I would love to have this opportunity (in this counterfactual situation). It…
Philosopher Aaron Preston writes:
A curiosity, possibly of interest to readers of Leiter Reports:
I’ve just discovered that there is a “progressive doom/post-metal” band called Thumos, whose music is inspired by the works of Plato. Among other things, they have a full-length album of instrumentals based on the Republic (available on YouTube). I can’t speak to the quality of the music (not really my genre), but the concept is intriguing.
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