Comments on: Nary a “philosopher king”: The long road from Plato to American politics http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/philosopher-king/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: links for 2011-09-05 « Lasting Impression http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/philosopher-king/#comment-228738 links for 2011-09-05 « Lasting Impression Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:04:30 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=18115#comment-228738 [...] Nary a “philosopher king”: The long road from Plato to American politics In American politics, no one any longer expects what Ralph Waldo Emerson had once called “high thinking.” Rather, the celebrity politician draws huge audiences (and donors) although very few would ever expect to hear anything of substance. In our national politics of veneered truths, whenever a candidate’s spoken words seethe with vacant allusions and blatant equivocations, the crowd nods approvingly, and leaps with satisfaction. (tags: usa politics populism celebrity election campaign stupidity) Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...] [...] Nary a “philosopher king”: The long road from Plato to American politics In American politics, no one any longer expects what Ralph Waldo Emerson had once called “high thinking.” Rather, the celebrity politician draws huge audiences (and donors) although very few would ever expect to hear anything of substance. In our national politics of veneered truths, whenever a candidate’s spoken words seethe with vacant allusions and blatant equivocations, the crowd nods approvingly, and leaps with satisfaction. (tags: usa politics populism celebrity election campaign stupidity) Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]

]]> By: GT http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/philosopher-king/#comment-228099 GT Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:08:26 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=18115#comment-228099 Louis, Bless you, but you are at least three decades way late on noticing the unvarnished idiocy of American political discourse, (see, "Freedom Fries" etc., see, numerous examples to vast to list here.) Louis,

Bless you, but you are at least three decades way late on noticing the unvarnished idiocy of American political discourse, (see, “Freedom Fries” etc., see, numerous examples to vast to list here.)

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