Plato

As planned, today (technically, tomorrow ) I’d like to get a conversation going about Plato’s Symposium . What I’ve done is to write down some questions while reading the text. They certainly aren’t exhaustive or expert, but I think they’re a start. Also, I would definitely not take them as... by ordinary-gentlemen.com | related posts

Repeating the fallacy of Plato’s Republic , in which the great philosopher explained why society should be governed by people exactly like Plato , Ross Douthat uses the occasion of Mickey Kaus’ Senate candidacy to argue that “more pundits and policy wonks” should “throw... by outsidethebeltway.com | related posts

?” Predictably he answered “Several answers suggested themselves but time and again I came back to the same thing: religion.” Clarke explained that “the fallacy of grounding morality upon religion was pointed out by Plato over two thousand years ago.” [1] Clarke was appealing to a... by mandm.org.nz | related posts

At Statesman 286a, the Eleatic Visitor says: That is why one must practice at being able to give and receive an account of each thing (διὸ δεῖ μελετᾶν λόγον ἑκάστου δυνατὸν εἶναι δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι); for the things that are without body, which are the... by platonicrelationship.com/blogger.php | related posts

Kangas writes that by contrast with Plato, for Vigilius Haufniensis, Kierkegaard's pseudonymous author of The Concept of Anxiety , "the instant of eternity has to be thought of as the 'extreme opposite' of eternity" ( p. 189). He continues: The instant, in other words, is not allowed to be reduced... by fidotheyak.blogspot.com | related posts

Good morning. Anne Brontë, Plato, and St. John Climacus … considered together . Why and Lent . Stimulus claims considered (by a supporter). The education bubble/cartel . Best seller . Congress shirking … which brings to my mind the question … the Senate similarly shirked its... by stonescryout.org | related posts

Perhaps the most famous dialogue penned by Plato is his far-reaching Republic .  In this work he addresses the popular philosophy of his day—a philosophy that was promulgated by a group of teachers known to us as Sophists.  The Sophists were the ultimate pragmatists or realists.  They... by mereorthodoxy.com | related posts

of its arguments on the immortality of the soul here . I may not understand them entirely, but I wonder how much they're based on presuppositions and analogies. Plato says, for instance, that the soul is self-moving, so it's always been around. But why's he think that? Even if it's self-moving (and... by jamesbradfordpate.blogspot.com | related posts