Category Archives: gorgias

Levinas and the Sophistic Virtue of “Deception”

Posted on March 21, 2012 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I’m reading this passage across Latour’s insistence upon chains of translations (Pandora’s Hope) and Susan Jarratt’s explication of Gorgias notion of Apate (deception) as virtue); Levinas, from his interview with Philippe Nemo: A radical reflection, obstinate about itself, a cogito … Continue reading →

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Latour, Gorgias, and Levinas Take 15

Posted on February 9, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

This article keeps beating me up–every time I think I know what I am doing, it runs away. I believe I am finally whipping it in to shape, but I want to make sure the following paragraphs make sense to … Continue reading →

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Bruno Latour and Metaphysics

Posted on January 31, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I don’t remember this passage in Harman’s Prince of Networks, but its a nice one from Latour’s Laboratory Life: Specific to this laboratory is the particular configurations of apparatus that we have called inscription devices. The central importance of this … Continue reading →

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Plato’s Laches

Posted on June 17, 2010 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

In an effort to put more up on this blog, I’m going to start publishing my reading notes from Evernote. Today, I came across a reference to the Laches dialogue in Brad McAdon’s 2004 article “Plato’s Denunciation of Rhetoric in … Continue reading →

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