Comments on: Virtue Cultures https://www.isegoria.net/2014/08/virtue-cultures/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2014/08/virtue-cultures/comment-page-1/#comment-1486118 Isegoria Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:37:59 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35933#comment-1486118 One of Strong’s points, a point he reiterates throughout The Habit of Thought, is that modern students have been trained to learn facts, and that they see anything else as opinion — and all opinions are equally valid. From there, I suppose you have two strategies: train them to mindlessly follow tradition, despite the Zeitgeist, or train them to think through (some) ideas and their consequences.

]]> By: Richard Morchoe https://www.isegoria.net/2014/08/virtue-cultures/comment-page-1/#comment-1482852 Richard Morchoe Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:38:51 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35933#comment-1482852 It’s one thing to liberate oneself and fellow philosopher kings. Providing training for the lumpen citzenry is a joke. They need to find a tribe, and they will do it on their own, and Herby ain’t gonna like it.

An irresponsible man.

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