Tragedy/comedy and the business of war.

Here is a link to a PDF of my latest effort in essay writing, give it a read! Anywho, thought it would be interesting, especially the last two paragraphs in which the role of gods are characterized in Aeschylus, then juxtaposed with Euripides. I found Euripides to be more realistic, but also quite challenging for various reasons, see what you think. Please have an opinion.

If you want eminently readable translations of the tragedies and the comedy involved then flick me an email and I can hook you up with some more pdf's.

(also, I have spent some time on the grammar and spelling, but if you notice anything then notify me; semi colons are still something I am trying to utilize properly.)

My professor called it "...a marvelously sympathetic and intelligent approach fostered by careful reading..." so it's good :)

Primary Reality & Everyday Reality.

In this short series I am going to look at Ancient Philosophy in a quick and brief summary that is facilitated by a certain book. This is book is by Mark Strom and is called 'Reframing Paul: Conversations in Grace & Community.'


A couple of preliminaries.

First, who us Mark Strom? Well he was the principle of Laidlaw college (formerly Bible College of New Zealand). He did his PhD in Sydney, and this book is a result of his studies there. He has also written two other books, one called the 'The Symphony of Scripture' and another one called 'Arts of the Wise Leader'. So, a well learned man who has cared enough to impart his wisdom to the next generation. Random students like me.


Another thing is that some of the conclusions that Strom reaches at the end of this book could cause some controversy. I hope it does. That way people will say something and then I don't feel like I am carrying on an extended conversation with my self in print. So, I may blog out some of his conclusions and the arguments he uses to reach those conclusions. But for now I am focused on just the first section of his book.


Also, this little series will be of value to those at Campus Church since we are finishing off our series on 1 Corinthians. This mini look at some of the ideas floating around that some of the Corinthians would have been flirting with or had been recently converted from will help you to see what Paul was writing against in his letter. 


Here is an Index for this:


Primary Reality & Everyday Reality.
1) From Homer to Plato
2) From Aristotle to Seneca
3) The Inadequacy of Ideals
4) Rank, Status and Convention