Socrates & King » Obama http://socratesking.net An Introduction to Philosophy Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:49:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 The Oracle of Princeton http://socratesking.net/2009/11/10/the-oracle-of-princeton/ http://socratesking.net/2009/11/10/the-oracle-of-princeton/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:44:14 +0000 profpam http://socratesking.net/?p=142 I hope we’ll have an opportunity to listen to (and perhaps read) some of Dr. West’s discussions on Socrates, King, and the practice of philosophy.

Here’s a short profile on Cornel West from a recent issue of The New Yorker.

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]]> http://socratesking.net/2009/11/10/the-oracle-of-princeton/feed/ 1 King’s last Sunday sermon http://socratesking.net/2009/01/29/kings-last-sunday-sermon/ http://socratesking.net/2009/01/29/kings-last-sunday-sermon/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:45:53 +0000 profpam http://socratesking.net/?p=12 The day after President Obama’s inauguration there was a prayer service at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. The Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd, the Dean of the Cathedral, in his introductory remarks said that Dr. King’s last Sunday sermon, March 31, 1968, was at that very Cathedral, in that very pulpit, I would imagine. Four days later he would be assassinated on April 4, 1968. (There’s a Flickr photo of statuary in the Cathedral of Dr. King.)

A photo of King preaching that Sunday in the Cathedral. March 31, 1968

Dr. King at National Cathedral

Dr. King at National Cathedral

Obama was visibly moved by this information. This surely added to the convergence of King’s efforts and life and that of President Obama’s election.

I’ve got the text of King’s sermon in a book of his collected works. I’ll post it soon.

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