October 2015, Iasi The head office of the local secret police was based in this building in the early years of the communist regime. In the cellar and what used to be the cells behind these walls, dissidents and members of the...
Read MoreWhat is ‘the Law’ and what – or who – is it for? 5 October 2015 “Everyone strives to reach the Law”, says the man, “how is it, then, that in all these years no one has sought admittance but me?” The doorkeeper realises that the...
Read MoreThe PLATO quiz 23 September 2015 1 – Does the “dividing line” divide, or unite things – and how? 2 – How can we learn to see the Ideas (or Forms), both from within ourselves and from the world around us? Do we ‘see’...
Read MoreThe ethics of memory 2 September 2015 Quiz of the day 1. Can we forgive on somebody else’s behalf? If they died for us and our freedom, should we forgive those who killed them, either with guns or with their silent mechanisms of...
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Good luck for the new term! 1 September 2015 What better omen than a rainbow on my Philosophy...
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