Zita Toth

Lecturer at @kingsphilosophy.
Medieval philosophy, early music, history of science.

[Zita Toth @zvtoth]

Need some readings on Aquinas? Well, even if one doesn't, these books are good.
https://t.co/XfYXxLYHaK

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@SaraLUckelman It's like the formal distinction – neither one, nor two.

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@jabgreig I read the first serious philosophy text, 20+ years ago, incidentally just after a very good friend and mentor of mine had died. It was the Phaedo, and it really hit a cord... I hope you find some good philosophy that can really help!

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#SMRP at the #BSHP conference. Deadline Sept. 15.

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Apparently, there is a Latin form of supercalifragilistic....... .

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

Whether or not Shakespeare really did have “small Latin”, it’s certain that he has the longest word attested in Latin – "honorificabilitudinitatibus" – which stands in turn as the longest word in English that alternates consonants and vowels (27 letters). Here’s the back story:🧵

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@JFruoco I really enjoyed the BBC In Our Times episode about it – it was a fun intro (for someone who didn't know too much about it), with some further references, incl some pop-cultural ones.

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@brunellus I always forget about that book! I don't have it but probably should. Yes, good for us :).
FWIW, I found the "Mr Crombie" equally surprising (or perhaps more, given the time). But I'm sure there is some "code" behind the titles.

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Boring #AcademicTwitter again, but I'm re-reading a(n otherwise excellent) paper from the 1960s, and couldn't fail to notice how the author refers to his interlocutors: "Professor Clagett," "Dr Moody," "Miss Maier." (For the full truth, we do get a "Mr Crombie" as well.) ...

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@brunellus Wow, this is hilarious.
(I didn't know she didn't take up the professorship, there must be some story behind that – I only checked on Wikipedia.)

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(I did check, and of course they were all distinguished professors at the time.)

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Agreeing to review 4 books in the span of about a month and half was probably not the wisest professional decision of my life, but it's done, and they were all really good. (3 of them was for a bigger, comparative reivew.)
Now, *I can read what I want!!!*

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At least, readers at the Warburg don't just acquiesce in whatever bad copyediting they find...

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@orlandochoir Thank you all for the great concert, it was really fun singing with everyone :).

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@FromPhDtoLife I started rockclimbing when I was finishing my PhD. Sport is difficult for me for various reasons, and I was never going to be good at it. But it taught me how to enjoy things I'm not good at – something I still struggle with sometimes, but find quite useful in academia too.

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Just heard Spem in alium with the @TallisScholars, and what else would one need for a Tuesday evening?

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@Helenreflects @TheAnnaGat Infinite Jest – which I'm still slightly unsure about whether it was worth the effort, but glad I finished it.
Daniel Deronda – definitely worth the effort (less effort than Middlemarch).
Gödel, Escher, Bach – pretty annoying at times, but overall very glad I read it.

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@DanBatovici That's great, congrats – and maybe we can catch up in the UK!
(Also, on a completely different note, a student of mine is going to email you with some Eriugena questions, when he feels prepared enough for it.... He found you on the Eriugena network website. Just the heads up.)

[OrlandoChamberChoir @orlandochoir]

It's raining! And we all know what comes from rain 🙂: 🌻🌷🪻⚘️🌹
https://t.co/NE11kV6EMH
Tickets available online and ondoor - see you there (this Thursday)!

[The Royal Institute of Philosophy @RIPhilo]

⭐️Applications for studentships and bursaries now open⭐️

The Royal Institute of Philosophy offers Jacobsen studentship and bursaries for postgraduate research.

The deadline to apply is 2nd July.

Please share with those who might be interested.

https://t.co/gJG2Mu3O7O

[Zita Toth @zvtoth]

FWIW, this sums up my experience pretty well... but it also seems inevitable, given human nature & the circumstances.

[Aliquis @ensperaccidens]

Having spent a brief amount of time on this forum, it is really puzzling to me how some people don't want to be understood by those who disagree with them.
Perhaps because I tend to think that no one is inherently stupid or inherently very bad, I find disagreement fascinating /1