Apollodorus

I can't see one that would follow as an absolute logical necessity from the text. Can you?

The thing is that China's leadership is flexing its military and economic muscles whilst also pursuing an unusually aggressive foreign policy. Althoug...

Good question. I believe that after losing Constantinople (the "New Rome") and being overrun by the Turks, the next blow was Western European Enlighte...

But the city-state is based on the rule of law. Once you start tampering with it and making exceptions, the whole system falls apart. Either way, it c...

If he believed that it was his duty to do so, and Euthyphro explains that he does, yes. In the same way you said you would report your father. Whether...

By the way, one of the reasons why Platonism was so successful was that Hellenistic philosophy and culture in general stretched from the Italic penins...

No one said it was simple. Possibly it was not even murder, more like involuntary manslaughter or something that didn't even warrant any serious punis...

The pleasure is entirely mine. I wish all "fools" were like you. But, apparently, not.

Well, I don't think that is the case at all. These are some of the comments made: Etc., etc. Anyway, what's wrong with asking you to provide some evid...

Platonism was far more powerful than it is often realized. It was of course heavily sponsored by Alexander and his followers. It was transmitted throu...

I agree that resources like oil are important. But imagine the ramifications of oil fields falling into the hands of religious fanatics or madmen like...

You are probably correct in a sense. But the Hellenistic weltanschauung transmitted through Plato and Aristotle survived for many centuries, influence...

I suppose I could. However, you may remember that he did the same on the Phaedo thread. He conveniently left out the bit about immortality and when I ...

They should be. Problem with @Fooloso4 is he makes statements without providing any evidence. And then he expects people to take him seriously.

I think you are showing that alright by deciding on Plato's behalf what his categories are.

In other words, you are the only one who can decide what Plato is. And it amounts to ignoring a tradition of more than a millennium according to which...

True. But in a free society you should be able to get reliable news, like you do from the US or Europe. The fact that you can't get reliable news from...

Some people are like kids in a puppet theater. They are so mesmerized by this Euthyphro they forget he’s just a character in a dialogue by Plato. But ...

And what I'm saying is that I'm not "taking Socrates' irony and false praise at first degree" as you falsely allege. If you think that I'm "grossly mi...

What Socrates calls himself is beside the point. The point is that he doesn't tell Euthyphro what to do in the court case.

Unfortunately, millions were "rescued" by being starved to death when Mao insisted on putting Marxist intellectuals with no experience or knowledge of...

You are making that up and that's quite foolish in my opinion. I have said many times that Euthyphro is of no interest to me at all, I only want to kn...

Correct. Reminds me of Marx and Engels who in their Communist Manifesto wrote that: "The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the town...

Neither do I. But I am nonetheless striving to become "advanced in wisdom". Though not sure what that is and Socrates he don't say. By the way, to not...

I can see your point. Overpopulation in urban areas is going to be a big problem everywhere as everyone wants to live in megacities where the jobs and...

:clap: The problem with the materialists on here who think they are "advanced in wisdom" is that they claim that Socrates knew nothing, that they them...

If you put North America and South America together, you get pretty close. It may not be a nice thought but what else do you suggest? With the rise of...

You said it seems "awfully modern, self-helpy" I'm saying you can find it in Plato, Plotinus and many others. Nothing "modern, self-helpy" about it at...

This is a very interesting website that apparently sells "Boycott China" t-shirts, face masks, and other stuff. boycottchinanow.com Does anyone know a...

I think the main point of philosophy is to look behind appearances and assumptions about reality. An important aspect of this is metaphysics, especial...

He didn't deny them. That was the charge against him, which he denied. See Apology: "Let the event be as God wills: in obedience to the law I make my ...

Exactly. That's why the dialogue does not solve the problem of what Euthyphro should do. But people are reading all sorts of things into it in order t...

I have heard of personal conflicts between parents and children. I have not heard of class struggle between parents and children as two opposed classe...

1. There aren't many murders in my vicinity. And even if there were, I can see no logical connection with a work by Plato. 2. Are you saying that if s...

Anything is possible. You seem unwilling to share what you mean by "wise". Anyway, if we were to take Socrates' alleged description of "wise" as "know...

:up: That probably wouldn't be wrong.

I said it depends on what you mean by "wise" and when. Like at the beginning of the dialogue or the end, or in general, etc., etc. I can't answer a qu...

I thought I had answered that already:

1. Where does "should" come from? 2. Should all people who are "not advanced in wisdom" drop everything they are doing? Or is it just Euthyphro?

It was particular Gods in the beginning but later they both agreed on "all Gods" or "the divine" in general. And Socrates himself had the habit on tur...

Not necessarily. Depends on what you mean by "wise" and when. As Gerson, Rabinowitz and many others have pointed out, the dialogue appeals to the read...

Plato doesn't go into exact details because his ultimate objective is to use the forms to direct the mind to the intelligence beyond the forms. But on...

You are making a lot of statements there for which (a) you have no evidence and (b) that are either self-contradictory or are contradicted by other st...

A glass can be half empty or half full. It's all a matter of perspective. If you insists on seeing chaos and disorder everywhere and at all times, the...

Definition is the intellectual description or explanation of a thing. The Form is a supra-mental idea or pattern of which mental and physical objects ...

One also has the option of being irrational. It is still possible to arrive at that decision by applying reason or rational thought. And there are als...

You were talking about the "polis" and now you are shifting to the "personal". "We" is plural and stands for society or polis. Childhood in society is...

Not at all. When we grow up we may see childhood in a new light. That doesn't mean that we criticize or want to abolish it. The same happens with reli...

Well, we can't ignore the fact that England had its own agenda. After all, we are talking about the largest empire in history and I'm sure there were ...

Let's not forget that this is a dialogue by Plato, right? Plato's main concern was not to criticize religion but to convey a metaphysical message. Soc...