Apollodorus

Yes, I think social justice is very important. But if we are to construct a consistent moral philosophy based on NT teachings, we need to find a defin...

I tend to disagree with that statement. 1. For starters, China is a dictatorship. Perhaps not a dictatorship of one single leader, but still a dictato...

Only a couple? @180 might be disappointed to hear that. But I'm sure he'll be hopping back on the bus at the next opportunity. At any rate, I tend to ...

Thanks for the link. Yes, I think Whitehead is making an important point. We can't stay fettered to Newtonian ideas for ever. We need to explore new p...

Lol I think "only" was inserted by your good self. @Jack is an open-minded kind of person with a wide range of interests and perspectives. And as I sa...

"First, whole-process democracy transcends Western-style democracy in that the latter represents only the rights and interests of a small number of pe...

Aramaic was the everyday language. Hebrew was used for religious purposes. So, the name is more likely to have been Aramaic even if it was Hebrew orig...

Just as a general observation, I don’t think the original was Hebrew, more likely it was Aramaic or even a Hellenized form of it. In any case, the NT ...

That is my argument too. I think it is important to distinguish between military strategy, political agendas, and propaganda by the press and other ac...

That is a matter of debate. But you could, for example, start with words and expressions that fall under the general category of "invective" or "insul...

There was no evidence that warning them would necessarily avoid all casualties, so some casualties must have been taken for granted even if they were ...

I think even if they did put their argument in the form of a strict syllogism, you are under no obligation to do the same with your own argument, exce...

Nuclear weapons to destroy manufacturing facilities? Doesn't make any sense to me. 95% of the casualties were civilians. So, I doubt there was too muc...

What I meant was that a debate between two people is not necessarily a philosophical dialogue. And even less a dialogue like one written by Plato, IMH...

You mean since the early 70's? I think that explains a lot ....

I think there is a tendency to pay too much attention to Socrates. The problem with this is (1) we know very little about the historical person and (2...

Quite possibly, this is why China is trying to become as big and powerful as possible. A new colonial power. We'd better start learning Mandarin. Or s...

Correct. And this is what you usually deny when it is pointed out to you.

However, the two are not mutually exclusive. There have always been philosophers who practice religion and religious people who practice philosophy. T...

He didn't have to. It was a logical conclusion of his ideas as expressed in his works. This is precisely why it was taught by Plotinus and other Plato...

If you say so, it must be true.

And don't forget the soul that gives life to a human being and that, according to Socrates/Plato is the most important part of man.

And you, of course, never bring any assumptions to your questions. Except when you do, right?

A little bit.

I think the point was that NT passages may be approached in different ways at different times. Sometimes through contemplation, other times through cr...

I think you hit the nail on the head there. St Augustine in City of God points out that you can't truly love others unless you love yourself because o...

:up: I can't see anything negative about philosophy either. Besides, it's a personal choice. I for one, would introduce philosophy into politics, arts...

I think Armstrong is absolutely correct. Contemplation of Bible passages is an established practice. Of course critical reading is important especiall...

Maybe like Marx and others whose philosophy has never amounted to much and has only tended to fetter people to superstitions and obsolete ideas. But w...

Good point. Engels’ definition of revolution was “the most authoritarian thing that exists; it is the act, whereby one part of the population imposes ...

Very good observation. I'm not sure if there are any Jewish records of a revolutionary called "Jesus" which one would expect to find if this had been ...

In that case, it's all speculation and a waste of time. It would be much easier and quicker to write our own dialogues and pretend that this is what P...

Good point. Islamic terrorists do seem to see their actions as part of some "Jihad" or "holy war" so, terrorism does seem to amount to waging war by n...

Unfortunately, civilians have always been targeted in wars, e.g., fire-bombing of German cities and nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I'm not sure how ph...

By the same token, we can't have much certainty about anything. However, we have the texts under discussion, viz., the dialogues, and on that basis, w...

He is using that in his defense against the charge of asebia or impiety toward the Gods. He starts his testimony by saying "Let the event be as God wi...

That much is true, and I readily confess that I am one of them. Unfortunately, the Greeks involved in the Parthenon's "reconstruction" appear to have ...

Maybe so. However, it still comes down to changes and changes are what is observed in the objects. The objects and changes in them are observed on the...

It has not been established that the Forms are "presuppositions" or "hypotheses". Socrates certainly does not call them that.

They may be unknown to some and known to others. Socrates does not say that they are unknown to all. Nor does he dispute their existence. On the contr...

Theoretically, perhaps. But the connotation remains in everyday language. Even if we designate something "noble lie", to most people's minds it is sti...

But isn't what is being measured simply the changes that take place in the relation objects have to one another?

Apparently, we all are: 'Speaking at a banquet in the presidential palace of Athens on Wednesday night, Prince Charles quoted the great English Poet, ...

But why does it have to be a "myth"? And why does a myth have to be a "lie"? Suppose the thing that the hypothesis hypothesizes about is true, as give...

It possibly undermines at least some of the findings of science. Time is usually defined as "the continued sequence of existence and events". But this...

But is there any hard proof that can establish that time in not an illusion?

Apparently not. Some seem to think that if Socrates hypothesizes about something, then the thing he hypothesizes about is a "hypothesis" or "a lie".

To be fair to them, many aren't quite as "godless" as generally assumed. They do have their own gods and idols, as well as prophets, messiahs, promise...

That may or may not be the case. However, hypotheses may be used in many different ways. That's why I said: It depends on what is intended to achieve ...

Also, “Jesus is presented as the long-awaited Messiah, who was expected to be a descendant of King David. Matthew begins by calling Jesus the son of D...