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The Top Ten Columbo Episodes

In February of 1968 a short, disheveled, seemingly incompetent detective debuted on television investigating the murder of a psychiatrist’s (Gene Barry) wife in “Prescription For Murder.” Thirty-five years and 68 episodes later, this detective solved his last case. Of course without further description, everyone recognizes Lieutenant Columbo, LAPD played so brilliantly by Peter Falk. So […]

Plato’s Levels of Reality

Plato was a famous philosopher and the student of another famous philosopher, Socrates. In Plato’s writings, he often writes as if his teacher, Socrates, were the one speaking. One of his most famous pieces is known as The Allegory of the Cave. Plato uses this allegory to illustrate his views on the different levels of […]