We found a small contradiction between the first and second editions of Allen Bloom’s translation of The Republic the other day. The episode shows how it can be useful to have different people in a class using different editions or different translations. I have my old 1976-college-freshman first edition, but I ordered newer copies for […]
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Disagreeing Agreeably
Pastor Foster raises a good point, which can be expanded upon. Or, rather, raises a good question: When should someone be agreeable, and when disagreeable? How, in particular, should a Christian act? I think I am somewhat of an expert on this, being known variously both as an unusually agreeable person and an unusually disagreeable […]