Emmet PenneyinThe KernelThe Transmission FetishWhy is the Biden administration proposing transmission solutions for generation problems?Aug 27, 20212Aug 27, 20212
Emmet PenneyAn Oligarchy of Sob StoriesSob stories are the American aesthetic of double standards.Dec 11, 20201Dec 11, 20201
Emmet PenneyThe Challenge of Thrasymachus: Making a Grown Man Blush7. A Pit Stop on Good RulersNov 16, 2020Nov 16, 2020
Emmet PenneyThe Challenge of Thrasymachus: The Virgin Just Man vs. The Chad Unjust ManThrasymachus says the quiet part loud here. Ruling as such doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with ethics.Sep 22, 2020Sep 22, 2020
Emmet PenneyThe Challenge of Thrasymachus: Art and InterestAre pilots — captains of ships — pilots because they sail or because they rule over the sailors?Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
Emmet PenneyThe Challenge of Thrasymachus: Knowledge and AdvantageKnowledge and AdvantageSep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020
Emmet PenneyThrasymachus: Irony, Cowardice, and StrengthThrasymachus calls Socrates a coward and argues justice is the advantage of the strong over the weak.Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
Emmet PenneyThe Wolf of the Republic: Introducing ThrasymachusThrasymachus is perhaps the most important interlocutor Socrates encounters in The Republic.Aug 25, 2020Aug 25, 2020
Emmet PenneyPolemarchus The Problem of PowerPower and the friend-enemy distinction revisited.Aug 18, 2020Aug 18, 2020
Emmet PenneyMagic Eight Ball Politics: Kamala Harris and the Success of OligarchyWhy would the Democrats need the working class anyway? What threat do they pose to their power if out from under their aegis? None.Aug 13, 2020Aug 13, 2020
