010– The Universal and the Particular: Drinkers & Thinkers

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!Chilli Warning!  Ancient philosophy was not the dry subject you might expect.  Join the greatest drinkers and thinkers of all time, to discuss the greatest questions of all:  How should we live?  How should we die?  And is it ever right to have sex with your pupils?  [if that’s too close to the bone for you, replace with: And just how Platonic is Platonic love?]

Battle of the Books - Round 10

Plato – The Dialogues (Symposium / Apologia / Republic)

Aristotle – The Nichomachean Ethics / The Poetics

Wildcard:  Lucretius – On the Nature of the Universe

Shortcuts

There aren’t the acted version of the Dialogues that there should be, though there is The Drinking Party: a black and white adaptation of the Symposium directed by Jonathan Miller, and set in Britain with a university professor and his favourite pupils.

Not sure if it counts as a shortcut, but we heartily recommend the Philosopher socks: choose from Sockrates, Platoes, and Aristoetles.

We also recommend Umberto Eco – The Name of the Rose, for which there are film and TV adaptations.

Battle of the Booze

Due to intense heat in the shed, we stuck to cold lagers and ginger beers.

Poll of Champions

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Poll:  What is the best way to die – hemlock in your wine, or an overdose of viagra?