10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISOLOGIST»
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misologist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy: An ...
Socrates' description of the misologist clearly resembles Phaedo's description of
Socrates' companions at this point in the conversation. Like them, the misologist
first believes that a certain argument is true but then, after hearing an opposing ...
Peter J. Ahrensdorf, 1995
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The Philosopher's Song: The Poets' Influence on Plato
The misologist gives up on argument, on the grounds that no truth can be
established. Misologists, Socrates says: end up thinking they've become
extremely wise: they alone have discerned that there's nothing sound or secure
Whatever, ...
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Satisfying Words Robert Hartwell Fiske. misology (mi-SOL-ah-jee) noun hatred of
reason, discussion, or argument; hatred of learning or knowledge. A misologist,
he ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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Plato's Critique of Impure Reason: On Goodness and Truth in ...
A skeptic in the usual sense feels some obligation to the "truth" of skepticism, an
obligation that requires the kind of passion and even ascetical devotion that we
associate with profound faith. A radical skeptic, or misologist in our sense of the ...
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Myth and Metaphysics in Plato's Phaedo
misanthrope's conclusion about men and the misologist's conclusion about
arguments. The misanthrope sees men oscillate from good to evil when there is
no reason not to think that they may, in fact, really be evil, while the misologist ...
'There are also,' Socrates is said to have remarked, 'misologists, or haters of
ideas.' Stevens has always proclaimed himself a misologist. Yvor Winters, by his
own hard analytics, complains of Stevens' system of thoughtlessness, his
hedonism.
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Now Don't Try to Reason with Me: Essays and Ironies for a ...
... misologist, a hater of reason; for him it was clear that since man is essentially
reasonable, when he ceases to reason he ceases to be a man. I happen to
believe this unfashionable doctrine — assuming the broad definition of reason
that I ...
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Rhetoric Reclaimed: Aristotle and the Liberal Arts Tradition
In the Republic, the misologist, who is called a "stranger to the Muses," is
depicted in the following manner: "He no longer makes any use of persuasion [
peithoi] by speech but achieves all his ends like a beast by violence [biai] and
savagery, ...
9
The Argument of Psellos' Chronographia
He even strikes back aggressively on behalf of his favorite philosopher and goes
so far as to accuse Xiphilinos of "blaming him for everything, O Plato-hater and
misologist, lest I call you a hater of philosophy*." (42-3).9 Of course, Psellos could
...
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Translatio Studiorum: Ancient, Medieval and Modern Bearers ...
For the wise misologist, in Kant's picture, Epicure: “Only philosophy can provide
this inner satisfac- tion. It closes the circle, and then it sees how all cognitions fit
together in an edifice, in rule-governed ways, for such ends as are suited to ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISOLOGIST»
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Nonsense That Kills: 'Police Brutality' as an 'Epidemic'
When anti-police misologists—a “misologist” was the word that the 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant used when referring to an enemy ... «Town Hall, Jan 15»
The Police Brutality 'Epidemic' Lie
When anti-police misologists—a “misologist” was the word that the 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant used when referring to an enemy ... «FrontPage Magazine, Dec 14»
11 words for people who hate certain things
8. MISOPOLEMIST Why can't we all just get along? Misopolemists hate war or strife. 9. MISOLOGIST Meanwhile, misologists hate arguments, ... «The Week Magazine, Nov 13»
