Apollodorus

I think there must have been some form of training as this was the whole purpose of a school. I am talking about what we find in the dialogues.

Philosophy in antiquity was not learned from books, but from a living teacher. There were philosophy schools and groups formed around a teacher, that ...

You could be right there. There is supposed to be a different sort of chemistry between males and females. Or so they say. Well, I've seen women or gi...

My post was in response to @Wayfarer's comment regarding Nirvana not being "navigated, understood, comprehended, by conceptual means." The same is tru...

I think I understand what you are trying to say. However, personally, I have zero experience of aggressive American women. Loud, compared to some Euro...

Well, no one is born in a cultural vacuum, are they? Least of all educated people like Plato. Of course Plato made use of the materials available to h...

“Shadow boxing”? I wasn’t aware that there was anyone to shadow box with. Perhaps you know more than I do. I think what Gonzales says with regard to F...

Well, we know that there was an Iranian revolution in 1979. My point was that the Rockefellers were involved in the oil crisis before the revolution a...

As a general principle, I think that philosophers should be more independent-minded and not always go with the money. But the difficulty seems to lie ...

Correct. Even Plato’s descriptions of the “tripartite soul” or Forms are often hopelessly misinterpreted because some readers fail to understand that ...

Well, it was entirely predictable, wasn't it? Afghanistan is a heritage of the old “Great Game” rivalry between England and Russia. The idea was to ke...

De nada. Yes, isolation is never a good idea in a fast-changing world. However, it was not just isolation. Once upon a time, Spain was a world empire ...

I think what was lost is the premodern worldview that emerged through millennia of human thought and experience, a worldview that was more in tune wit...

Of course. Aside from parallels in theory, what Greek and Indian traditions have in common is that they are practice oriented. And distinguishing true...

You are right. That’s a very interesting point. But I don't think it was the Americans. Apparently, because Spain was regarded as “Fascist” it was Bri...

I never said it was only the bankers, did I? It’s a combination of bankers, industrialists, business people and politicians. OK, let’s take a look at ...

By “Bhagavad Gita” I really meant Abhinavagupta’s Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita (Gitartha Samgraha) in the Advaita tradition. Abhinavagupta's Commen...

Well, the USSR was a secretive dictatorship, so finding exact statistics is difficult if not impossible. Trade need not have been massive, only suffic...

Of course. What else can it be? As Socrates says, we must look at reality with the soul alone by itself.

To attain to reality, to truth. To true knowledge, true experience, and true being. That's the only way to be yourself or just be.

Different souls or minds exist on different levels of awareness, experience, and being. Some can surrender to a higher reality and always be and act i...

My belief is that the shape of the earth approximates that of a sphere, but that in everyday life we perceive it as flat and it is so for most practic...

It may well be that in certain cases. However, true examination is not motivated by "irrational doubts" but by the rational desire to live in harmony ...

I fully respect everyone's privacy, that's not an issue for me. However, you write books but you don't want people to know that you write books. Then ...

So, then what's the point telling us that you write books??? I'm not criticizing you. I actually agree with some of the things you're saying. What hav...

Come on, Hope, you told us you write books. What are they called, and where can we can get them?

When I first went to India to look into all those claims of special knowledge (not very long ago actually) the first thing I instinctively noticed was...

It may well be a philosophy forum but we still use words in the sense they are normally understood - unless otherwise stated. Plus, by defining God as...

Well, I've never been a particularly anxious sort of person, to be quite honest. But I can imagine that trust can have a soothing effect on those who ...

Right. But I thought it was physics? And it's supposed to be @hope's own theory.

Bitachon cures anxiety?

But what if consciousness has no limitations?

You can indeed. I might do that myself.

Maybe you should try the books then. Or maybe not ....

And which books are those, if I may ask?

That's OK then.

But apparently it's @hope's own theory.

But what happens if you have no anxieties or don't act on them?

Well, all my anxieties have disappeared just by reading that. :wink: And, I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but I've definitely stopped vibrating. ...

You could be right. However, the question is not about any goodwill but about God's goodwill. And the main attribute of God seems to be that he is omn...

The way I see it, if God exists and is omnipotent, then I think he can do as he pleases. He is under no obligation to submit his actions or the motive...

I think @Oppyfan is currently on vacation. But I tend to agree with your statement.

Well, if you are a Finnish farmer living on EU subsidies then I suppose you would take a pro-EU stance. But I think a more objective approach is prefe...

Some influence is entirely conceivable. But I think it is in order to bear in mind a couple of things. Business in India used to be done by the commer...

Some of them, yes. 1. God can do as he pleases. 2. Even scrap may serve a good purpose. 3. There is always the possibility of reincarnation.

Nope, Apollodorus does not say that "acknowledgement of doubt and uncertainty can lead to schizoaffective disorder". It is not the acknowledgment but ...

I get that. However, I believe that this in itself is an unwarranted generalization. When I said that personally I tend to hear female voices over mal...

I agree that the need is there. However, yogic disciplines include yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi (and others), ...

Correct. Some fail to understand the Forms - and Plato himself - because they make no effort to do so. Or for some psychological reasons. The fact is ...

However, if most people do not know about quantum mechanics or neuroscience, then they do not know about it. And what they do not know about is unknow...