“When we call a philosopher distinguished, we are not saying that she is worthy and not saying that she is recognized, but we are saying that she occupies the intersection of both – that she is recognized and worthy; even that she is recognized because she's worthy. In the case of arate, the direction of the "because" can seem a little vaguer, so that it can sometimes seem almost as if someone is regarded as worthy because they are recognized.”
“When we call a philosopher distinguished, we are not saying that she is worthy and not saying that she is recognized, but we are saying that she occupies the intersection of both – that she is recognized and worthy; even that she is recognized because she's worthy. In the case of arate, the direction of the "because" can seem a little vaguer, so that it can sometimes seem almost as if someone is regarded as worthy because they are recognized.”
Rebecca Goldstein
“Plato worries our thinking might become too reflexive and comfortable with itself.”
Rebecca Goldstein“Conclusions that philosophers first establish by way of torturous reasoning have a way, over time, of leaking into shared knowledge.”
Rebecca Goldstein“RE: Kindle, iPad, et cetera: For a researcher, these new ways of accessing information are just extraordinary. I thing it introduces the possibility of a new standard of cognitive exactness and precision. ~ Rebecca Goldstein, author of Properties of Light: A Novel of Love, Betrayal and Quantum Physics.”
Leah Price, Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books“That's one of the compensations for being mediocre. One doesn't have to worry about becoming mediocre.”
Rebecca Goldstein, The Mind-Body Problem“Plato worried that philosophical writing would take the place of living conversations for which, in philosophy, there is no substitute.”
Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away“Colleges seem to want candidates that are so well-rounded they'd have to be two different people use together with mutually exclusive characteristics! They have to be gung ho athletes and sensitive artists, studious nerds and gregarious social networkers, future rulers of the universe and selfless altruists.”
Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away“When we call a philosopher distinguished, we are not saying that she is worthy and not saying that she is recognized, but we are saying that she occupies the intersection of both – that she is recognized and worthy; even that she is recognized because she's worthy. In the case of arate, the direction of the "because" can seem a little vaguer, so that it can sometimes seem almost as if someone is regarded as worthy because they are recognized.”
Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away“Kleos is sometimes translated as "acoustic renown" the spreading renown you get from people talking about your exploits. It's a bit like having a large Twitter following.”
Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away“For the ancient Greeks, who lacked our social media, the only way to achieve mass duplication of the details of one's life in the apprehension of others was to do something wondrously worth the telling. Our wondrous technologies might just save us all the personal bother. Kleos is a tweak away.”
Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away“The will to matter is at least as important as the will to believe.”
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