by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | SE
The Climax “To be philosophical, then, is to be vigilant – sôphron – about one’s erotic mania.” ~ http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/plato-and-the-poets/ A manly mindfulness is not enough. You have to think as hard as marble cut To temple pillars carved with grooves...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | AM, PO
Dim Imprecision: Ambiguity and Clarity “Poetry could reflect on itself, acknowledge its dim imprecision, and know itself to be interpreted and not a window onto pure truth.” ~ http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/plato-and-the-poets/ True poetry is dim and likes a torch Concealed...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | WA
Time, the Wild Part of Eternity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A platinum machine to measure out A mystery, a gold device to frame God’s epiphenomenon sensed, sure, out In space, a cage which...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | LO, MA
The Night before Thermopylae — “The Hot Gates” “Phaedrus's praise for erôs (love) as a precondition for courage employs poetic quotations from poems that in fact state that wisdom is the true precondition, and that erotic passion without thoughtfulness leads...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | PH, PO
Sovereignty “Is it simply that people who philosophize think that people who produce, consume, or appreciate poetry (the philopoiêtai) have the wrong priorities, and the proponents of poetry think the same of the philosophers?” ~...
