Carlos Fraenkel

[DIE ZEIT @zeitonline]

Susan Neiman nimmt die Linke öffentlich gegen Vorwürfe des Antisemitismus in Schutz. Hier widerspricht ein Philosoph, der mit ihr befreundet und ihr Amtsnachfolger ist. https://t.co/fisY39G4oR

[pnn.de @PNN_de]

Von Montreal und Oxford nach Potsdam: Philosoph Carlos Fraenkel führt jetzt das Einstein-Forum (T+) https://t.co/4lJm9L7GsS

[Carlos Fraenkel @CarlosFraenkel]

The Stoics claimed you could be just as happy inside a torture device as at a dinner party. In my latest essay for @readliberties, I explore why this outrageous idea might still be worth taking seriously. https://t.co/b71Nq7ybc0

[The TLS @TheTLS]

'Who in their right mind would choose an unexamined life, steered by bodily desires and the social conventions of wherever we happened to grow up?'

Carlos Fraenkel on the case for the examined life
https://t.co/VTAN9afcK0

[The TLS @TheTLS]

'Tolstoy’s Ivan Ilyich is haunted by the suspicion that his life may have been completely misguided.'

Carlos Fraenkel (@CarlosFraenkel) on the case for the examined life
https://t.co/4XujjUiyGF

[Timothy C. @Granitepolitics]

@CarlosFraenkel @AgnesCallard @TheTLS Yeah, yeah, philosophy, ontology recapitulates phenomenology, human condition, yada yada yada. Here's the answer to the actual question I and everyone else immediately had: https://t.co/OincMCAxzE

[Carlos Fraenkel @CarlosFraenkel]

My daughter’s first doll was Socrates, not Barbie. @AgnesCallard thinks we should all take the plunge into the examined life. But what if all that questioning leads straight to the abyss? My review of Open Socrates in the @TheTLS.https://t.co/fL1wJrmJGr

[Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics @readliberties]

"A state where the people rule, Plato argues, is like a “ship of fools.” To make it safely to the other shore, we need a seasoned captain at the helm. Pass the rudder to the demos and they will run the state into the ground."
https://t.co/bSefJSXosv

[Carlos Fraenkel @CarlosFraenkel]

Does public philosophy either come too late to change righteous minds or else crush freedom? My proposal for how we can do better just came out in @readliberties!
https://t.co/JEHzVfUV3J

[The TLS @TheTLS]

'Pluralism and tolerance are grudging concessions in Spinoza’s republic, which, frankly, looks less like a blueprint of modernity than something midway between France and Iran.'

Carlos Fraenkel: Was Spinoza’s Enlightenment so radical after all?
https://t.co/6aHXMogf3Y

[Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine @philosophybites]

Was Spinoza the radical Englightenment figure that Jonathan Israel paints him to be? Here's a different view from @CarlosFraenkel @TheTLS https://t.co/1JzhmSUZsq

[Carlos Fraenkel @CarlosFraenkel]

My review of Jonathan Israel's new tome. A Spinozistic republic is less a blueprint of modernity than something mid-way between France and Iran...
https://t.co/jYhVi0S2hu

[George Berridge @George_Berridge]

This week’s @TheTLS, featuring @NshShulman on women’s diaries; @MirandaFrance1 on the ‘lost’ García Márquez novel; @CarlosFraenkel on Spinoza; @michaelscaines on Write Cut Rewrite at the Weston Library; @15thcgossipgirl on medieval humour; @helenczerski on the deep sea – and more

[Carlos Fraenkel @CarlosFraenkel]

My NY Times op-ed "In Praise of the Clash of Cultures" translated into Arabic.

[جمعية الفلسفة @PhilosophySaudi]

تتوقف الخلافات الناشئة عن التنوع عن كونها تهديدًا للسلم الاجتماعي عندما نتمكن من تحويل هذه الخلافات إلى ثقافة نقاش.

#ذا_ستون مقالة ٩١:
#مبادرة_ترجم

في مدح صراع الثقافات
كتابة: كارلوس فرينكل
ترجمة: محمد العامودي
https://t.co/qSIeUze5bz

[Carlos Fraenkel @CarlosFraenkel]

Only stargazing, Anaxagoras argued, makes life worth living. But today gazing at the stars threatens to obliterate the meaning of our life. My essay in @readliberties is out!
https://t.co/6qBkmiLmAQ

[McGillARTS @McGillARTS]

Professor Carlos Fraenkel, who has joint appointments with the Department of Jewish Studies and the Department of Philosophy was also named a James McGill Professor. @CarlosFraenkel

[McGillARTS @McGillARTS]

Congratulations to #McGillArts Professors Russell Davidson (Economics), Alia Al-Saji (Philosophy), Carlos Fraenkel (Jewish Studies + Philosophy), Kristy Ironside (History & Classical Studies) and Timothy O'Donnell (Linguistics)! @kristy_ironside
https://t.co/2q5mIgrDYF

[Carlos Fraenkel @CarlosFraenkel]

"Ancient philosophers are not dusty relics, self-help coaches or 'dead white dudes' ripe for cancellation. They are western civilization’s sharpest critics from within." @PhilosophyMttrs

Questioning by Gideon Baker | Book review | Carlos Fraenkel https://t.co/gzvzch1C4g

[IWM @IWM_Vienna]

Philosophical essays are at the center of the latest issue of our magazine, the IWMpost. In his essay, Carlos Fraenkel discusses the relevance of ancient Greek philosophy for the present:
https://t.co/2aKjL1oNmT

[The TLS @TheTLS]

'The cynics are the punks of the ancient world. We are better off as beggars than as billionaires, they insist. From eating to sex they want us to question every social convention.' (@CarlosFraenkel)

https://t.co/ML9cNmBKah