Changed the title of my blog again
Feb. 15th, 2006 05:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greybetaI believe a name is important in describing who you are. Since I've decided to name my weekly comic in the campus newspaper "TU Cent Thoughts", I have to change the title of my blog. I now call it "Guarder of Guardians," a reference to a criticism of Plato's Republic.
In Plato's Republic, Socrates creates thenot so perfect Republic. The lynchpin of the Republic are the guardians. They defend and preserve the city. The problem was that if the guardians ever became corrupt, the city was doomed. So Socrates made use of a "noble lie" to tell the guardians so they would not be corrupted.
So the criticism of this is "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" In English, "Who guards the guardians?"
In Plato's Republic, Socrates creates the
So the criticism of this is "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" In English, "Who guards the guardians?"
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Date: 2006-02-16 12:23 am (UTC)But congrats on the new moniker!
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Date: 2006-02-16 01:11 am (UTC)Besides, "Who guards the guardians?" was used on an episode of Justice League Unlimited.
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Date: 2006-02-16 03:39 am (UTC)But TEHO... I find there to be a subtle difference in the translation that is important... and prefer the nuance of watchmen over guardian... but then, it's YOUR LJ :)
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Date: 2006-02-16 03:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-16 05:48 am (UTC)Somehow, utopia building doesn't seem to me like Socrates' style.
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Date: 2006-02-16 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-17 01:48 am (UTC)