I recently picked up this module in university called reason and persuasion(GEM1004) by prof. John Holbo. Do not be mistaken by the title for it is a philosophy module and definitely not entirely a module about how to convince and be convinced. For your information, I do not have any philosophy background. However, well, I thought it was kinda fun to read such a module. From the readings though which is simply inspirational and enlightening, I picked up a bit of background information on Plato and Socrates. You must be wondering now, what the hell is wrong with this guy yakking halfway through the blog post about a philosophy module which has nothing to do with the title “apology”. Well, for the seek of people who have never delved into western philosophy, apology is a dialogue of Socrates written by Plato. In essence, this dialogue shows Socrates defending against a jury trying to convict him. Well, apologia back in the old days is defined as simply as defence. Hence, my title. What am I ,as the author of this blog, defending against? Is there anybody to judge me? What crime has the author commited?
The soul is once again responsible of showing the puzzled reader the way for the soul declares the following felonies commited by the author: 1. the author had not been active and has let his faithful readers down. 2. the author had not kept his promise of constantly of producing new sections of interesting/quality reads for his readers. 3. Lack of discipline to read through his freinds’/ readers’ blogs and comments.
To be frank, any form of explanation, defense or argument against my above crimes may seem like a mere excuse. To be precise, I really wanted to apologise for my inability to keep up with my own regime that I have promised myself and many people around me. I think action is more important than empty promises to myself or to anyone in particular. Having said that, I will work to be consistent/active and have more discipline.
The soul is sure and confident of the future as inaction is hopefully a thing of the past.
