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Slow reading of Plato's Timaeus beginning

Lancelot R. Fletcher — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:39:05 GMT

A slow reading of Plato's Timaeus is just now getting started on my plato-timaeus list. If you would like to join it, you may subscribe by sending email to

Reading group Montaigne

maurits_doorn — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:56:58 GMT

I will be starting a reading group to study Montaigen's essays shortly. For this group we will have to make a selection of essays of say 4 (number of meetings)

Plato-Phaedo & philosophy2: Request for discussion leader/invitatio

Lancelot R. Fletcher — Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:17:20 GMT

This invitation pertains to two different groups. One is the plato-phaedo list, the other is a list called philosophy2. Both are groups that existed in the

Group owner vacation message

lrfletcher@... — Sun, 10 Aug 2003 03:10:48 GMT

I will be away from internet access from August 10 until August 17 (I will be vacationing in a cottage on the shore of the Black Sea in Sarpi -- about 130 km.

Announcing new lists for Plato's Lysis and Philebus

lrfletcher@... — Sat, 09 Aug 2003 23:22:58 GMT

I am pleased to announce the creation of two new slow reading lists -- for Plato's Lysis (plato-lysis@yahoogroups.com) and Plato's Philebus

Re: Montainge reference in Pascal's Pensees

Philip Baker — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 05:42:17 GMT

In article , mjsayers writes ... According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of French Literature there is a 13th

Re: Montainge reference in Pascal's Pensees

Lancelot R. Fletcher — Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:51:12 GMT

I could be wrong, but my impression is that "Salomon de Tultie" is one of Pascal's jokes -- an invented person to whom all sorts of commonplace errors may be

Montainge reference in Pascal's Pensees

mjsayers — Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:05:11 GMT

The reference to Montaigne which follows is in Pascal's Pensees: The manner in which Epictetus, Montaigne, and Salomon de Tultie wrote is the most usual, the

Montaigne / Martin Luther mixup

bilco5721 — Mon, 24 Dec 2001 05:35:03 GMT

I think the picture of Montaigne with a book in the "photos" section is actually of Martin Luther. (Maybe someone on the list has already mentioned this.) By

Searching for a quotation

Ian Harris — Mon, 15 Oct 2001 18:51:14 GMT

I wonder if someone could help me? I am searching for the exact wording of what I believe is a Montaigne quote, to the effect that 'acquiring a new language is

Announcing New Machiavelli Group

Lancelot R. Fletcher — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 14:44:00 GMT

***Freelance News*** I am very pleased to announce the creation of a new Machiavelli group at Yahoogroups. Actually I had created this list long ago, but,

New Subscriber New to Montaigne

Aoife OConnor — Fri, 10 Aug 2001 19:57:14 GMT

Dear list as a new reader to Montaigne I wonder could anybody recommend a critical companion to the collection? And perhaps tell me which of his essays are

Re: Etext of Montaigne in French

Lancelot R. Fletcher — Mon, 26 Feb 2001 00:31:29 GMT

Thanks very much, Philip. I have added that URL to the Bookmarks section of the Website for the Montaigne group. Lancelot Fletcher ...

Re: Etext of Montaigne in French

Philip Baker — Sun, 25 Feb 2001 22:32:38 GMT

In article <97bku8+6nor@eGroups.com>, lrf@... writes ... There is an HTML version at: http://www.chez.com/trismegiste/montable.htm -- Philip Baker

Etext of Montaigne in French

lrf@... — Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:04:11 GMT

Does anybody here know where we can obtain an etext of Montaigne's essays in French? Jeremy Caplan was kind enough to upload the Cotton translation to the