My total pages read for February was 834.
I finished Daryl Thompson’s Break Through and David Saxton’s God’s Battle Plan for the Mind. I re-read The Kremlin Conspiracy which I first read around six or seven years ago. I resumed reading Flannery O’Connor’s Complete Stories.
I also read Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy. I had attempted to read one of Russell’s books around 40 years ago. I can recall having almost no idea what he was talking about in the introduction so I gave up. This time around was a little different. I could see what Russell was saying, but whilst I only understood perhaps half of it, I persevered. I have now been exposed to some of the terminology and thrust of philosophy and have a much better idea of what I don’t know (which is more than plenty).
I then read the first of Plato’s Five Dialogues1 called Euthyphro. These dialogues use the so-called Socratic dialogue style of presenting philosophical or moral issues as through a discussion between two people (Socrates and someone else). Through a series of ‘conversations’ the issue is discussed and laid bare. This first one is a dialogue between Socrates and Euthyphro on the true nature of piety or holiness. It’s only around 12,000 words and was surprisingly engaging and interesting!
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Plato wrote over thirty dialogues. Some have been compiled into various editions. Perhaps the most famous is his Five Dialogues which includes Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno and Phaedo. ↩︎