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John Davey

John Davey

Retired American actor

Oct 11, 2026

ValHOST
0:42
And can you tell me a bit about your job? I know you work with Senator Cosgrove.
0:46
Yes, I work for Senator Nessa Cosgrove, um, as her a- administrative assistant it is, but it's more like a parliamentary assistant.
0:52
So any inquiries that come in via email or phone or a letter, anything like that, I generally respond to them first, have a chat with Nessa to see what we can do to help people.
1:01
'Cause, generally, people are coming to their elected representatives 'cause they want help.
1:04
Services might have let them down or, you know, housing is the biggest thing, um, that people face, and there's only so much that you can do to help.
1:11
But obviously, you want to really help people who find themselves in extremely difficult circumstances.
1:17
And then transport would be the next biggest thing.
ValHOST
2:51
It's been amazing.
speaker_2ADVERTISER
42:23
I have to say.
42:25
And that would be her achieving her telos, which means her final purpose.
42:33
Aristotle, in particular, felt that every living thing in the world went through a process whereby it slowly evolved into finding its true perfection, telos.
42:49
And the telos of a woman was to be a wife.
42:53
In Athens, could they hold a job? No.
42:58
Did they have the vote? No.
43:00
Were they second-class citizens? They weren't even citizens.

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How did things like poetry and sculpture evolve from the classical period to the Hellenistic period?

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