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Tuesday, August 31, 2004

And so, it begins...

Had my first class today in History of Western Philosophy. Wasn't bad (except I'd remembered it as a 2 hr class and it was a 3 hr...not a big deal, but when you're ready to hear "see you next week" and you hear "top of the hour, let's take a break"...well, your disposition gets skewed.

But on the whole decent class.

Hour 1: Going over syllabus, etc. Didn't tell me much I couldn't have read.

Hour 2: Apologetic for the course--can/should a Christian study Philosophy--isn't it "vain" (Col. 2)? Standard lesson on the topic, nothing revelatory to me, but handled well.

Hour 3: Overview of Chapter 1 The Greek Philosophers by W. K. C. Guthrie, "Greek Ways of Thinking." Ahh, finally! Meat! I'd read over about half of the chapter the other day, found it intriguing. This overview just whet my appetite for more. Hoping to carve out a couple of hours today to get into this book. If I am struck with any insights, I'll post 'em here (which was half of my reason for starting this)

Did this class over the Internet with both an audio and video feed. The video feed is fairly pointless: too slow and not clear enough. The audio was tolerable--but when the prof was answering a question he focused more on speaking to the question-er than to the class, and the mic didn't do a great job of catching that. Hopefully I'll get better at discerning what he says as we go along.

H. C. jotted this down on 2:41 AM. (( 2:41 AM
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