Apollodorus

Not, only that, but the mainstream or PC narrative seems to be that only white people can be racist. IMO this is a highly suspect and dangerous propos...

Yes, Theosophy does tend to link various traditions. Unfortunately, its founder Blavatsky was very obviously a self-educated and self-styled "guru". H...

I've been trying to find some links to a few academic publications that would have been useful to consider in the discussion but, unfortunately, they ...

I think there is a big difference between communism and what Plato or the US Founding Fathers had in mind. Plato proposed rule by good and wise govern...

PLATONIC EPISTEMOLOGY: THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION A central theme in Platonic writings is knowledge. Plato drew a clear line between knowled...

Sedley & Long make the following observation: “And that the souls of the dead exist in Hades was a well-entrenched popular belief too, with its roots ...

As already stated, Sedley and Long aren't nobodies, they are highly regarded scholars. David Neil Sedley is a British philosopher and historian of phi...

Sedley and Long aren't nobodies, they are highly regarded scholars. David Neil Sedley is a British philosopher and historian of philosophy. He was the...

You ignored other people's views or had their posts deleted. In their Introduction, Sedley & Long say: “… in this concluding moment Socrates and his c...

In the Introduction, Sedley & Long say: “… in this concluding moment Socrates and his companions are in no doubt as to what it amounts to: soul must l...

If there are no missing words, how did you leave them out? The words are in the Greek original and in proper translations like Sedley & Long. How can ...

Why should I give you my translation - which you will obviously reject - when Sedley & Long's and other translations serve the purpose? I provided the...

Absolutely. This is also suggested by Simmias' habit of forgetting things. I can understand that @Fooloso4 is an atheist and all that, but his "interp...

Not "discussed", more like misinterpreted. Plato is using mythos and logos but nowhere does he suggest that one should be reduced to the other. Socrat...

They do have an account of the fate of the soul which Cebes agrees with and even Socrates says that it may not be exactly like that but it's worth ins...

So, why are you using the Grube translation that is obviously faulty? The Greek original is VERY CLEAR: ??? ??? ????? ?????????????? ????? ????? ?? ??...

Yes, Jung introduced some interesting concepts like synchronicity and also the use of techniques like “mandalas” as tools for re-focusing or re-center...

That's precisely why it doesn't seem right to leave out statements like "since the soul is shown to be immortal" from the translation unless you have ...

Here's another translation: “Now it would not be fitting for a man of sense to maintain that all this is just as I have described it, but that this or...

One objection to that statement is that since most people believe in God, there can be no harm following a system that believes in God, like Christian...

I think you are using the wrong translation. Socrates says: “… when death attacks the human being, the mortal part of him dies, it seems, whereas the ...

Nonsense. You're using a fake translation. Socrates says: “… when death attacks the human being, the mortal part of him dies, it seems, whereas the im...

As I said before, if we ignore the evidence, deny the facts, and read the wrong books, we won’t get anywhere. On the other hand, if we want to get to ...

Thanks for the links. I really appreciate that. The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) has been the focus of a number of conspiracy theories together w...

There may be other factors involved but the ability to recognize intelligence could be an evolutionary process. We possibly unconsciously detect intel...

No problem at all. I've got lots of things to do myself, so take as much time as you want. No rush whatsoever.

I think the material universe is seen to be structured and to function in an ordered way. Even animals and plants exist and/or act according to certai...

I think most people tend to go through phases when they examine their own beliefs in metaphysical realities. Personally, I never reached a point of to...

I think we need to distinguish between private and public religion. Private religion is a way by which the individual attempts to explain the world an...

I agree. That's exactly why I've said many times before that the emergence of a political right and left hasn't brought anything good and society shou...

They are no other? Are we a single amorphous mass of humanity like a big fat jellyfish floating on the world ocean? Maybe that's how proponents of wor...

Marxist thought seems to have spread to many other fields including anthropology, e.g. social anthropology, making it difficult in many cases to disti...

I think, originally, it started with paranormal experiences such as visions, apparitions, premonitions, telepathy, out-of-body and near-death experien...

They may have perceptive ideas but less perceptive practical solutions. All Marxist states have ended up in abject failure.

He asked a question, I replied, and that is that. How is it my fault that he imagines to have seen me on another forum???

You can if you want, but I doubt it's worth it. To me Habermas sounds just like neo-Marxism phrased slightly differently to the usual stuff.

If you don't understand, why should I?

Well, if they can't be sure and they can't know, then what's the point in asking?

If you don't know what is, how is it my fault?

I don't think it's that speculative. As I said, "know thyself" is the start to any attempt to attain true knowledge and freedom. Self-knowledge is the...

Yes, but nothing in human society is "automatic", everything is a product of human agency.

Well, he didn't complain at the time, did he? To me, "I have a bit of spare time to engage in discussions here" means HERE not THERE on whatever forum...

I agree. But I think that the real point of metaphysics is to simplify experience and enable human consciousness to transit from multiplicity to unity...

Yes, but it isn't entirely clear who or what is ultimately responsible or what the solution might be. And, at the end of the day, it's only a theory. ...

I'm just asking. It may sound hard to believe, but as I said, "equality" means so many things to so many people these days that the more I think about...

I tend to be of the opinion that in order to render social control inoperative it would be necessary to identify what the apparatuses are through whic...

Cultures but not religions?

I think that's the basic idea. Everyday life forces us to become engrossed in the material world, physical needs, and related concerns, and this leave...

I don't think there is anything wrong with it either. By the way, by "black culture" do you mean African culture, Afro American culture, or? And what ...

I think that comes close to what I had in mind. How about using "Bayesian" in the description? Maybe "Bayesian conspiracy analysis"? It might sound a ...