-----by JLS
------ for the GC
--- IT IS (somewhat) fascinating that both Grice and Flew, after so many years of philosophical comings and goings, when in the mood to edit their collection of essays (Grice, Way of Words; Flew, Philosophical Essays) they both dedicate quite a few pages to Plato's Thrasymachus.
Grice's "Metaphysics, Philosophical Eschatology, and Plato's Republic" is a defense of trans-categorial epithets to refute neo-Thrasymachus-like figures like Nozick. On the other hand, Flew was a bit of a neo-Thrasymachus himself and his debate against Rawls is well-known.
In any case, what both Grice and his tutee with Lit.Hum. at St. John's show is this amalgam of the best of Oxford philosophy: the ability to engage the reader both in the intricacies of an argument (the paper is one of the subtlest in Grice's collection) AND a respect for the classics. In a world where we tend to quote Rawls and Nozick more than we do the Loeb Classical Library (never mind the Oxford Editions, non-dual) this is something which I find, ironically, a breath of fresh air. Or not.
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