Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(QC RSS) When Does He Ever
drawing some characters with lips again I guess. Feels right for Dora anyway.
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(QC RSS) Cubetown
It’s a working title
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Performance issues
New comic!Today’s News: Missed out on The Art of Ménage à 3 Kickstarter campaign?Get it via InDemand at Indiegogo: https://igg.me/at/artofma3/x/27564548#/Want printed books or swag? Check out our store! https://pixietrixcomixs…
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(QC RSS) The Gloves Come Off
or a curling stone
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(QC RSS) Horny On Main St.
Time skiiiiip
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Teaching Machiavelli in Palestine by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. (5) Why are Palestinian students so attracted to Machiavelli (more so than any other author covered in the class)? This is a difficult question to which I don’t yet have an adequate answer, so for now, I’m going t…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Teaching Machiavelli in Palestine by Irfan Khawaja
(6) Gramsci’s Modern Prince I didn’t read Gramsci’s Modern Prince until well after I had done my teaching stints in Palestine. I see four points of affinity with Gramsci, but on the whole don’t find him a useful guide to Machiav…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Teaching Machiavelli in Palestine by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. (4a) What language is the class taught in? I teach in English, which is translated, sentence by sentence, into Arabic. The students mostly speak Arabic, which is translated, sentence by sentence, into English. The students re…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Teaching Machiavelli in Palestine by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. (3) Do I teach the Discourses, and/or see any value in teaching Sun Tzu alongside The Prince? I don’t teach the Discourses. I don’t think that a reading of the Discourses would add much to a reading of The Prince …
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