"To the natural philosopher there is no natural object unimportant or trifling…a soap bubble…an apple…a pebble…He walks in the midst of wonders." John Herschel, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy (1830)
Friday, February 17, 2012
Finish Judith Shklar's American Citizenship...
...over the break. As you read, keep track of her argument, but try not to get lost in the details. As I said in class, this book, as a scholarly book, is all logos, which makes it dry. She will not make emotional appeals(well, that's a bit of an oversimplification, but we'll talk about that after the break), and the book's ethical aspects are framed in analytic terms. Be sure to read the footnotes and make note of the different purposes the footnotes serve.