It
was spring of 1999. I was sitting on our front porch in Baton Rouge,
Lousiana -- where my wife was getting her library degree. I had
just finished my master's thesis and was contemplating as to what
field of philosophy I wanted to devote my energies and abilities
in something like a life's work. I had alternately fallen in and
out of love with Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Rorty. However, the
famous quote that runs something like, "The history of western
philosophy is a series of
footnotes to Plato," renewed my interest in the ancient world,
and in ancient philosophy in particular.
So, my wife having completed her degree, we moved to Chicago, and
I enrolled at Loyola University Chicago. I'm currently finishing
my second year as a graduate student, specializing in ancient philosophy
and ethics, with concentrations in German Idealism. I'm nearing
the time for proposing my dissertation but am having trouble deciding
between a project on Aristotle (being and knowing) and one on Plato
(the cosmogony of the Timaeus).
I have taught introductory philosophy courses at Spoon River College
in Havanna, Illinois, as well as at Loyola and here at Oakton. I've
also taught ethics and business ethics.
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