Alternative Educations

A guy in college is in a bad situation, often. So much time pressure, and women not interested in relationships. And then employment often being in compatible with his education, so little standing with outside women, and little money to spend. And it gets to be more of a problem in graduate school.

So if guys are not going to be pressed into party hookups and one night stands, need to make some changes to the educational system.

We need to come up with some kinds of educational alternatives.

So one of the examples is set in the Great Books Programs. But as I see it, a great deal of modification should be made. So I think they don't want to read commentary books. Their premise is that ordinary people can read and understand the primary texts. Okay, but to deal with the pre-socratics you really need commentary books, as we do not have that much primary text writing from them. And a little bit of commentary helps with most things.

So while most of what I am suggesting is based on supervised independent study. I still think it worth while to have come core reading and discussion groups. Such discussion groups can be extremely rewarding. F2f or online. You really get to know the people well.

So starting with Pre-Socratics:

Philosophic classics / Forrest E. Baird, editor, Walter Kaufmann (late). volume 1, starts with Pre-Socratics, Thales, and includes Pythagoras.

www.amazon.com/Philosophic-Classics-Vol-Ancient-Philosophy/dp/0132344939/ref=sr_1_19?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539469736&sr=1-19

The concept of presocratic philosophy : its origin, development, and significance / Andre Laks ; translated by Glenn W. Most (2018)

www.amazon.com/Concept-Presocratic-Philosophy-Development-Significance/dp/0691175454/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539470650&sr=1-1&keywords=The+concept+of+presocratic+philosophy&dpID=51Xe4sTpwLL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch