#i havent read all of these myself

[sabakos]

By a strange series of events, you are put in charge of a university's gen Ed "philosophy" program; what reading do you assign?

So the responsible thing to do here would be to make a well-balanced list of books that covers the "History of Ideas" in the West from Homer to Heidegger. But that's a well-travelled path and I'm assuming that this strange series of events does not presume any sort of responsibility on my part.

So instead, I'm taking the opportunity to recruit a bunch of unwitting "Great Books" undergrads to revive a philosophical movement that died out in the 6th century when Justinian effectively banned it.

Year 1

In the first year, students will develop a mastery of the ancient greek language, with a focus on texts that cover broad topics that do not require much prior knowledge or background, using Simplicius' commentaries as textbooks that can provide any needed context.

Semester 1

Language

Hansen and Quinn - Greek: An Intensive Course

Liddell, Scott, and Jones - A Greek-English Lexicon

Xenophon - Anabasis, Hellenica, Cyropaedeia, Memorabilia

Herodotus - Histories

An Introduction to Logic

Porphyry - Isagoge

Aristotle - Categories, On Interpretation

Simplicius - Commentary on Aristotle's Categories

An Introduction to Ethics

Pythagoras - Golden Verses

Hierocles - Commentary on the Golden Verses

Epictetus - Enchiridion

Simplicius - Commentary on the Enchiridion of Epictetus

Semester 2

Language

Georg Autenreith - A Homeric Dictionary

Homer - Odyssey, Iliad

An Introduction to Platonism

Theon of Alexandria - Mathematics Useful for the Reading of Plato

Anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy

Plato - Alcibiades I, Gorgias, Phaedo

Porphyry - Sententiae

An Introduction to Physics

Aristotle - Physics, On the Heavens

Simplicius - Commentary on Physics, Commentary on the Heavens

Year 2

In the second year, students will translate the major works of Euripides and Aristophanes and work their way through the majority of the Iamblichean curriculum. Readings may be supplemented by Plotinus' Enneads where relevant as time permits.

Semester 1

Language

Hesiod - Works and Days, Theogony

Homeric Hymns to Demeter, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes

Euripides - Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Andromache, Hecuba

Aristophanes - The Acharnians, The Knights, The Clouds, The Wasps, Peace

Platonic Logic

Heraclitus - Fragments

Anonymous Commentary on the Theaetetus

Parmenides - The Way of Truth

Plato - Cratylus, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman

An Introduction to Theology

Damascius - On First Principles

Aristotle - Metaphysics

Alexander - Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics

Syrianus - Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics

Semester 2

Language

Pindar - Odes

Euripides - Trojan Women, Phoenician Women, Orestes, The Bacchae

Aristophanes - Thesmophoriazusae, Lysistrata, The Birds, The Frogs

Menander - Dyskolos

Platonic Ethics

Plato - Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus

Damascius - Lectures on the Philebus

Introduction to Pythagoreanism

Iamblichus - On Pythagoreanism

Nicomachus - Introduction to Arithmetic

Sallustius - On the Nature of the World and the Cosmos

Year 3

The third year focuses on the "Perfect" Dialogues - each semester consists of a single course focusing on a single major Platonic dialogue. Students will work their way through the Proclean commentaries on each and write their own commentary on the Parmenides.

Semester 1

Plato's Timaeus

Plutarch - On the Generation of the World-Soul in the Timaeus

Alcinous - Handbook of Platonism

Proclus - Elements of Physics

Plato - Timaeus

Anonymous - Timaeus of Locri

Proclus - Commentary on Timaeus

Semester 2

Plato's Parmenides

Proclus - Elements of Theology

Plato - Parmenides

Proclus - Commentary on Parmenides

Proclus - Platonic Theology

Year 4

Students will learn the basics of allegorical interpretation from Porphyry, Philo, and Cornutus, and then apply this knowledge to the plays of Aeschylus and Sophocles, using Proclus' Hymns, and work on the Republic as a model. This year also provides a brief background into the historical practice of theurgy.

Semester 1

Introduction to Allegorical Commentary

Porphyry - On the Cave of the Nymphs, Homeric Questions

Philo of Alexandria - Questions and Answers on Genesis

Cornutus - Compendium of Greek Theology

Introduction to Theurgy

Plutarch - On Isis and Osiris

Hermes Trismegistus - The Perfect Discourse, The Pupil of the Cosmos

Porphyry - Letter to Anebo

Iamblichus - On the Mysteries

Julian - Hymn to the Mother of the Gods

Semester 2

Political Philosophy

Plato - Republic

Proclus - Commentary on the Republic

Drama, Theurgy, and Allegory

Proclus - Hymns

Orphic Hymns

Aeschylus - Oresteia, Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Suppliants

Sophocles - Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Philoctetes

#i havent read all of these myself #but probably a larger proportion than anyone else who makes these kinds of lists does

[deoidesign]

Hm... I'm feeling benevolent...

#every time i use the word 'benevolent' i remember that guy who called me 'sensei'??? #because he asked me for a crit and i was basically like 'i really dont like your comic' but obviously constructively #and then he kept messaging me asking for more critique and i had to tell him to stop #and then he made a video review of my last comic and the whole review was like #'yeah so i havent really read this comic. looks pretty sick though. i basically harassed her and she had to say to stop lol' #anyways. that was weird. he used the word benevolent a lot so i always think of him. sending good vibes hope hes still making comics #oh yeah also this is kind of spoilers but not really #sorta like afterword stuff #gotta sketch gotta get into the mindset... #im not sure if that counts as spoilers at all lmfao its just minor design changes #anyways. #time and time again #spoilers #what the hell i typed 'spoilers' and '911 spoilers' was the first option?????? #uh #adam and steve #ttawebcomic #sketches #sketch dump #these used to be patreon posts but its been like 5 months so. theyre free noe #the word 'benevolent' is literally an inside joke with myself now LOL

[qulizalfos]

strawberry wine by noah kahan playing softly in the background :)

yall this is a redraw of one of my favorite scenes from chapter 2 of homesick. by the amazing talented kind and wonderful wayli @wayward-sherlock and basically i cannot urge you to read this fic enough - the prose, the characterization, the dialogue and the vibes are all IMPECCABLE and so, so vivid. wayli's eloquence is super impactful and i adore every sentence. also the depth and thought and care that has gone into it is INSANE. you would not believe it. genuinely. thank u so much for letting me beta this wayli i cannot emphasize enough what an HONOR it is and i love u sm<3333

click for quality, closeups under the cut🫡

#in short wayli is a goddamn genius. read homesick boy<33 #btw if u are seeing this for the first time YES mike is in the Noah Kahan SweaterTM because i couldnt help myself #anyway my brain chemistry has been rewired by homesick #i just. woag #also oh to be stopped at a red light with your best friend[lover(?)] asleep on your shoulder and contemplating the nature of love #anyway! #hope yall are doing well #i havent posted art in . checks notes. a while<3 #stranger things #byler #fic rec #mike wheeler #will byers #homesick. #lizaarts #fanart #byler fanart #i saaaid love is fast asleep. on!a!dirt!road!! with Your Head On My Shoulder<33333 #STRAAAWBERRY WINE!!!!!!AND ALL THE TIME!! WE USED TO HAAVE!!!! t h o s e t h i n g s . i m i s s . #but know are NEVER COMING BACKKKKK!!!!!!! for YYOUUUUU DARLIN'! for YOU!

[krikidilly]

I cant be, what you need, I am stuck, in a dream, I am stuck, in a dream.

#sorry for relating to him guys ill walk myself out #anyways this is everso slightly inspired by kizuki eye!!! slightly since i. havent been able to read and havent seen all the goings on😭😭 #one day.. one day ill catch up i will.. but yeah i kinda associate this song heavily with lotus dreams and kizuki eye with what i HAVE seen #douma #demon slayer #kimetsu no yaiba #douma demon slayer #btw please check out kizuki eye i begibeg check out tobytoon i beg i beg !! they understand douma and enmu like no one else #anyways yeah.. imagery of interacting with ur own child self haunts me a little #i have dreams like this every so often and i think douma should too because despite evrything i deeply beliece #he too thinks that perhaps. if someone had cared for that child than he wouldnt exist #he too sees that child as a seperate entity #he too sometimes feels that distant yearning to comfort what no longer exists #SOOOORRRY ANYYWAAAYS haha douma a fun guy am i right guys. .

[autoresponderdaily]

hal'd be a better parent than dirk

ok tbh. tbh. i agree. anyways take ur cursed bro-hal drawing

#lil hal #dave strider #bro strider #<- but not really. mostly just for blocklists i suppose. #homestuck #ask #silly submitted hal headcanons #also im drawing all of these sorry guys this was an excuse to draw stuff i havent thought of yet. lol #ive been teaching myself how to draw muscles bc of bro i guess its fitting i drew this #aka i made a bro transparent and was like wow i wish i could draw like that. so cool. #anywyas neough tag ramblign meow meow #actually no not done #i read a fic kinda abt this. not linking but ull probs know it. anyways yes hal would be a better parent than dirk. i mean not by- #all that much but considering hes yknow. connected 2 the internet. #yuh. anyways #im actually done now

[harvestmoth]

aha i lied. april fools.

#idk i dont really have any jokes. anything id do for april fools id willingly do any other day #anyways woohoo my favorite rejuv character melanie i cant believe i havent drawn her yet wow #sorry i havent really been drawing much lately ive mostly just been doodling random characters for myself #its been fun :] but nothing i really wanna post anywhere #but when i finaly get to reading the newest executioner light novel itll be all over for me. i doubt ill draw anything else for a while #pokemon rejuvenation

[frootietoots]

trying different colors :o)

#if youre wondering where all the munchies posts have gone #i still draw that sort of stuff. im just sort of nervous to share a lot of it #esp bc my interest in it is so unique to myself #but. But. i do have something im working on that i might be inclined to share ... #so. pls be patient. meow #also if u have read this far ... i have a normal blog that i dont post any Weird stuff on ... @clowns4fun ..... maybe take a look? #id love to see some of u there ... i havent spoken to a lot of my friends from this community in a while

[oatbugs]

pls i need to provide updates

#basically yesterday night was chaharshanbe suri . which is a solar new yr tradition where we let go of the past suffering in our year #and like...start the new yr w fresh vigour . anyway so my friend was at the event and we were abt to leap over the fire #and she was like bro im im glad u blocked her (situationship) etc etc . and then. my phone started vibrating. and i look at it. and my f #friend looks at it. and its her. and were both like what the fuck?? i blocked her things r Over and anyway so i pick up the phone and shesl #acting like nothing happened (bc nothing DID happen for her) and she was like ohh ur doing chaharshanbe suri im not doing anything etc what #are ur new yr plans so i jusr .IDK WHY I DID THIS . but ig i didnt wanna come off as like lonely i said probably hanging out w family and #friends maybe reading poetry together . et cetera and she was like wait that sounds so fun why didnt u invite me! #LIKE WDYM YOUVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY MAKING IT CLEAR U DONT WANT TO BE IN MY PRESENCE . and i told her that after #everything i thought she didnt want to see me again and she was like you always think that 😐 . like. ?? ok anyway so she expects me to #invite her . and like. there is an above 0% but sub-5% chance she will actually show up . but the panic that gripped me #i started making calls to my friends asking them if they can come on the 23rd bc there must be an event and also i asked my mother #and she said actually yeah i am doing a thing on the 23rd :D it involves over 16 ppl (we live in a v small flat) of which like...7 are kids #so you wont have space to be in ur own room let alone invite others. which tbh like ...being around a bunch of loud kids doesnt seem fun fo #any of my friends or me etc so i thought maybe i should arrange things so that we all go out together and if she shows up she shows up 🤷‍♀️ #but . im so. WHY DID I SAY THAT . i had to panic-call my research partner and ask him to get from oxf to where i live on the 23rd #and when he heard the explanation he like. the light in his voice disappeared 💀 but he potentially agreed so idk #THE ISSUE IS. 23rd im supposed to also have . a date #w this girl that i had a huge crush on when i was 15-16 (posted abt this b4 but id get shitty black coffee in the mornings just to spend a #few more minuted w her each day and she was the cleverest girl in school and she cared abt nothing but her academics but now shes very gay #scraggly homosexual etc etc shes cute) and YEAH IDK #like id have to go there on the date come back fast meet ppl POTENTIALLY (again under 5%) meet situationship girl #like is that even doable #but the thing is it would be so so so funny bc all of my friends dislike her sooo much #.........what if i invited the girl im supposed to have a date w over to hang out w us #god that would be so hilarious and chaotic . i wont do it tho im a mature person x #but it would be soooo funny #I HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT DUE TMRW 12:30PM IT IS 10:49PM RN I HAVENT STARTED IT bc i was rotting sadly in bed #popped a ritalin pill tho so here we go x #i have found myself in a state of such sheer agony and rage and sorrow and grief over this girl that atp i feel like #its just so entertaining . like i feel vaguely over it? ik nothing will come of it so its like just . have fun . vibe

[crimeronan]

#horrible nightmare trauma pals #cdth #greywaren spoilers #shooting myself in the foot a little here because i dunno how im gonna pick one #i know i'm missing a lot these are just the first ten i thought of #mainly this poll is to remind you that theyre insane. holy Shit #ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPENED. IN THE CANON TEXT #people who havent read dreamer trilogy. please read dreamer trilogy #i know like a million people arent bc greywaren dropped the ball on several other arcs but. these two are Perfect.

[discount-kirishima]

trigun got me crying over spilled donuts

#iykyk be sad with me #we're really in it now boys #trigun #trigun 98 #vashwood #vash the stampede #wolfwood #nicholas d wolfwood #aghhhhh all i know is angst because of them!!!!! #and i havent even read trimax yet!!!! #ik ik im just putting it off cause it makes me sad to even think about akfbskdb #every time i try to start it i remember them on that damn couch #and then im like nvfm why hurt myself like that lmaooo #legit no faster way to make me cry these days #than thinking about that stupid manga panel #trigun fanart #my art 🎨

[leofrith]

ooooooh my god i need some fucking joy i need some fucking joy NOW

#literally nothing is bringing me enjoyment right now NOTHINGGGG #(yes i know its the depression. whatever.) #i havent played bg in like three weeks. not even enjoying that anymore either #and i CANT FUCKING WRITE!!!!! #I'm so exhausted all the time I'm so bored I'm so lonely #and yeah I'm reading more lately which is great but I'm hardly enjoying myself I just #im so fucking bored im sick of killing myself to complete job applications just to hear nothing back im so. so tired #whatever!!!!! life sucks and then you die #pretty sure my birth control is gonna kill me anyway so whooo caresssss #idk what this post is about #tbd

[kithj]

i finished brainwyrms this morning.. hmmm.... think i'm going to have to sit with this one for a bit before i decide how i feel about it

but i did really enjoy the prose, i liked the way she switched povs (this is something i do in hell's holler as well!) and i love second person (obviously) though i did struggle to get through the long section that was basically just "stream of consciousness" it started to annoy me at that point. it was good in moderation though when sprinkled in between the third person pov. i liked the characters and how compelling frankie and vanya were, i enjoyed reading from both of their perspectives despite how fucked up it all was. i enjoyed their opposing characters, this underlying connection of parasites and pregnancy in this context.

i think this book did a good job capturing that feeling of like... doomscrolling, or hate-reading; falling down that rabbit hole of violent transphobia and bigotry and being unable to look away, reading twitter thread after twitter thread, even as you start to feel sick to your stomach... the JKR stand-in kinda slapped me in the face a bit though, i wasn't expecting it, and i'm not really sure if i liked it or not... though i DO think the commentary about her and twitter being literal brain worms was fun (if not a little heavy-handed), but i almost wish she would have kept JKR as a more distant character rather than directly involving her in the end, it felt jarring. but i think it was effective in relaying just how influential she really is over there ("warrior priestess" made me gag). overall i usually dislike when books reference real life so heavily (i hate when authors talk about tumblr or like name brands in their books) but with this one it was so integral to the story i didn't mind, it felt natural, and obviously it's unavoidable now, social media will get mentioned in modern fiction because it's been so integrated and expected in our everyday lives (🤮) and does have real world impact... unfortunately....

i think the JKR stand-in got away from her in the end; overall the ending wasn't my favorite and she could do with some more subtlety.

it was really gross 👍i gave it 3/5. this review about sums it up

#not something i would recommend probably bc its really gross and kinda upsetting so this is your warning lmfao #i cant believe a mainstream publisher actually. published this #anyways i need to finish tender is the flesh now #and if anyone knows any black transfem authors.... i would love some recommendations #i've tried to look myself but for the most part all i could find were memoirs #or a few YA books #i did add the death of vivek oji & freshwater to my to read list #but i havent been able to find much else besides. memoirs #which are fine ofc but not what im looking for #my reviews

[soldier-poet-king]

God forgive me I got bored and looked at my tumblr fyp and got blasted with blatant antisemitism AND vaccine conspiracy theories AND anti public school libertarian sentiment

The problem with being religious, specifically christian (i can't speak to if this is a universal experience across faiths, I somehow doubt it), is that I cannot stand the vast majority of my co-religionists, and online it seems that I'm only ever 3 degrees of association away from the most batshit godawful opinions I've ever had the misfortune to read

#franposting #i dont wish evil on anyone #but i think some people would benefit GREATLY from never being on the internet or having access to a public platform again #go join a monastery and engage in good wholesome work and contemplate your actions #and most importantly. stop annoying ME. i am SO ANGRY all the TIME #anyway whining but this is not abt anyone i follow directly or who follows me #so its fine. its 7 degrees of kevin bacon but evil #today is in essence a monday since yesterday was a stat holiday #and i am TOO tired to deal with this on a monday #where im bored out of my mind at work bc boss is STILL away #and i can only generate so much busywork #but my scruples keep me from just. blatantly watching tv on my phone. #im gonna go reas that data bias invisible women book and make myself even more mad #its not even new info to me. some of her examples maybe. but like simone de beauvior was right oh we're really in it now #i havent read the secind sex cover to cover yet only bc i think i will get so angry depressed that I'll never recover #the parts i have read. v good.

[tealfruit]

it's really a shame I have to sell 40+ of my life hours every week for poverty wages instead of spending all my time and energy on dozens of creative and technical pursuits with unlimited resources

#nerd alert #lets see if i can list all the hobbies i wish i could be doing instead of working #drawing. both traditional and digital. painting mostly acrylic but id like to get good at watercolors. drawing/writing comics #writing in general. fiction nonfiction poetry lyrics whatever. composing music. music production. singing. practicing piano and guitar #performing someday maybe! #sculpting too. i always forget bc i never do it bc i am never in a place to justify buying clay. i should just get some #i think im fairly good at it tbh. anyway. #knitting. sewing. mending and modding clothes in general. embroidery. id like to learn to crochet at some point #photography and scrapbooking sound appealing. photo editing. #web design. game design. 3d modeling. these are all things i dont really know how to do much of but id like to #animation. voice acting. regular acting. honestly a lot of stuff in the filmmaking process sounds fascinating id like to try some of it #tarot reading. is that a hobby? im gonna say yes. jewelry making. #lots of these ive only dabbled in and some i havent even done that but would like to. but i have no time and or money to get into them. #i would hardly call myself a master at any of these. jack of all trades as it were. and thats fine im fine w that #but given the time and resources i think i could make so many different diverse perfectly average to good things #that people could enjoy in passing or say 'oh how neat :)' about

[juniperberrypipebomb]

Decided to log into twitter (hell) and outside of everything going to shit as always i found this piece of shit as my banner

I dont even remember when i made this but i do remember that i did and i remember how i made it

I saw a picture on twitter w some kind of caption and decided that i could make it look like a banner

i tried to add the fire flaming text that i saw on some reposted to twitter tumblr posts where someome makes a grammatical error and someone corrects them in a form of flaming (sometimes animated) text (never change guys, gals and all of you magnificent pals lol) but at the time i didnt know the website that you all used so i tried to improvise and google

I remember half way thru the making of this text being so upset that it looked like shit but after taking a break for 20 minutes i said "fuck it, it is way funnier this way" and i kinda glad that back then i decided to "fuck it we ball" it

It looks disgusting and i love it

#i unironically glad i found it bc it still holds up to me #not in a sense that its still THAT funny to me (i believe i made it when i was like when i was maybe 17-ish) but it feels kinda #nostalgic #some might say that its not nostalgic it all like “lol #you're 21 how tf can this shit be nostalgic to you #you still havent experienced x y and z you're a still young adult who havent decided what your future is you dont get to feel nostalgic #about your past outside of movies you watched when you were a child lol“ #and i kinda disagree #bc at that point of my life i only started to figure myself out (hell i only “recently” realised im nonbinary and multisexual) #and looking back at how i used to be #it definitely feels like ive made a lot of progress in self development and self improvement #and its kind of nostalgic for me to see my old abandoned twitter page (i should probably nuke it completely) and see that everything change #everyone learns #everyone becomes different #everything stays the same while also changing simultaneously #did i really got emotional over my old banner? #anyways whoever finds this post i kinda thank you for reading thru my schizophrenic post and i wish you a good day #juniper's tree branches #juniper stupider #ramblings #nonsense rumblings #will delete this cringe later when ill be embarrassed about it

[blonde-fraumell]

Hi, howdy. Just popping on to say hi and that I'm still around. I haven't touched Tumblr or AO3 since I vanished, but I do plan on continuing my stories and art. Things have been... hectic, to say the least. New job, family emergencies, among more.

#announcer's corner #life update #the new job is great but I'm stressed #a family member is very sick and I am extremely worried #everyone in my family is stressed #i havent even drawn a picture for myself until just a few days ago to cope with everything #havent even read any stories #i dont know when I'll be back #mutuals: i love all of you and I hope youre doing well #stay positive #I'm trying to