Comments on: Poets, Philosophers, and Beauty http://www.harvardichthus.org/fishtank/2010/02/platos-beauty/ a journal of christian thought Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Judith Huang http://www.harvardichthus.org/fishtank/2010/02/platos-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-5510 Judith Huang Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:17:27 +0000 http://www.harvardichthus.org/?p=2564#comment-5510 Dear Anne, I am very happy that you would not banish poets out of your ideal city! love, Judith Dear Anne,

I am very happy that you would not banish poets out of your ideal city!

love,
Judith

]]> By: Paul http://www.harvardichthus.org/fishtank/2010/02/platos-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Paul Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:39:52 +0000 http://www.harvardichthus.org/?p=2564#comment-936 Most excellent, Anne! Simply beautiful (in a non-platonic sorta way '->)!! Most excellent, Anne! Simply beautiful (in a non-platonic sorta way ‘->)!!

]]> By: Nick Nowalk http://www.harvardichthus.org/fishtank/2010/02/platos-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Nick Nowalk Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:17:25 +0000 http://www.harvardichthus.org/?p=2564#comment-910 Yup, I'm just being cynical (my dad is a computer/math teacher, and my younger brother is a professional computer programmer, so I've been surrounded by it my whole life:) I've just always been as disinclined towards the field as I am towards politics (which I'm equally as depedent on as a member of civilization). But really, shouldn't we try to shape the ideal city according to our own private whims and fancies? Where's the fun in having people who think differently from us, like poets, around? :) Yup, I’m just being cynical (my dad is a computer/math teacher, and my younger brother is a professional computer programmer, so I’ve been surrounded by it my whole life:) I’ve just always been as disinclined towards the field as I am towards politics (which I’m equally as depedent on as a member of civilization). But really, shouldn’t we try to shape the ideal city according to our own private whims and fancies? Where’s the fun in having people who think differently from us, like poets, around? :)

]]> By: Samir http://www.harvardichthus.org/fishtank/2010/02/platos-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Samir Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:55:36 +0000 http://www.harvardichthus.org/?p=2564#comment-909 Nick, I hope you can appreciate the irony of commenting on a BLOG on the INTERNET via your COMPUTER that you'd want to throw programmers (present company excluded, I hope?) out of the new creation! Nick, I hope you can appreciate the irony of commenting on a BLOG on the INTERNET via your COMPUTER that you’d want to throw programmers (present company excluded, I hope?) out of the new creation!

]]> By: Nick Nowalk http://www.harvardichthus.org/fishtank/2010/02/platos-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-906 Nick Nowalk Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:17:46 +0000 http://www.harvardichthus.org/?p=2564#comment-906 That made me laugh that Plato wanted poets thrown out of his ideal city:) For me, it'd be either politicians or computer programmers, outside the walls of the new creation! That made me laugh that Plato wanted poets thrown out of his ideal city:) For me, it’d be either politicians or computer programmers, outside the walls of the new creation!

]]> By: Jordan Monge http://www.harvardichthus.org/fishtank/2010/02/platos-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Jordan Monge Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:03:29 +0000 http://www.harvardichthus.org/?p=2564#comment-903 Another excellent post, Anne. You add such class to our organization; without you, we'd just be a bunch of scruffy philosophers. Another excellent post, Anne. You add such class to our organization; without you, we’d just be a bunch of scruffy philosophers.

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