Apollodorus

Why would you need to explain something in scientific terms once you have already accepted it?

That's what I'm saying. Bat viruses like Covid-19 may or may not have evil intentions at birth, but what if they develop some later or if someone rele...

What "innovations"? Utopian socialism? Communism? Atheism? Class war? Revolution? Economic theories? All borrowed from others!

Well, personally, I called the soul a form of "intelligent energy" because it has the power of self-awareness and knowledge as well as other powers or...

Marx and "rigorous philosophy"? You mean like this bit from "The German Ideology"? “... in communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of...

Not quite. The Universal Intelligence (Nous) emanates individual intelligences or souls (nous/psyche) which are reborn time and again until they event...

How many Joules in anger or fear?

I get that. I normally refer to it as "consciousness" or "intelligence" in itself, like the Universal Intelligence or Nous (with a capital "N"), where...

It's the opinion of those who studied the subject. Read Plato, Plotinus, and other philosophers. That's why I asked how reincarnation may be justified...

And things usually go depending on what's true in the present.

I wasn't worrying. Just stating a fact.

Evidence for what?

He isn't. Unless we also assume that Banno is the same as 180 Proof. But you're denying that.

The soul is a form of intelligent energy. An immaterial substance that has the power of knowledge and action, of being aware of itself and of other th...

Indeed. And I suppose it would also depend on how big the true part is. But we shouldn't speculate on that because who knows what conclusions it might...

Absolutely. As Plato and others said, learning is really a process of remembrance. Memory brings to mind things both unknown and forgotten. Maybe ther...

If an agent's actions affect somebody else, then the person or creature at the receiving end is entitled to make a moral judgement in regard to those ...

Correct. And this would suggest that moral inclinations are present at birth in some latent form. Thanks for the link.

I'm sure there are some who are Marxists even if they don't call themselves that. But it's good to know that they aren't the majority. I was beginning...

Personally, I'm convinced that there is such a thing as "paranormal experience" in which the human mind or consciousness displays the ability to "see"...

I don't remember what the means/proofs of knowledge are called in Platonism but if I'm not mistaken they are (1) sense-perception, (2) reason, and (3)...

I would recommend "The Golden Chain" by A. Uzdavinys if you haven't read it already. It traces Greek philosophy to its earliest beginnings.

That may be so. However, it doesn't mean that "at birth there are no moral inclinations". A new-born lion cub may look cute and cuddly and inclined to...

Doesn't that amount to a teaching though? And how can you prove that this is the "true purpose" of philosophy? How do we know that there is no higher ...

"There are six kinds of people who recollect these past lives. They are: other sectarians, ordinary disciples ..." - Visuddhimagga XIII 15 Recollectio...

I agree. But there is no harm trying to harmonize reason and tradition as far as logically possible, along the lines of a Wesleyan Quadrilateral. Anot...

Stevenson's cases make very interesting reading and raise many theoretical possibilities. For example, some children are said to intellectually and em...

Not at all. We all have arms, legs, heads, etc. without this making us the same person. We all have the power of will, knowledge and action, but those...

Interesting as far as theories go. However, I've got my own. Pythagoras or some other Greek philosopher went to Egypt in search of higher knowledge. T...

Well, on the other thread I was accused of being a "Nazi", so you'll have to be careful what you say. But I agree that we could all do with more love ...

I see what you mean. We can get back to that once we've sorted out one or two other points.

That's why I said from the start that we need to define things like "mind". The way I see it consciousness is the entity or principle that reincarnate...

It's a bit like an actor on stage. The costume changes, the character changes, the stage etc. may change even during the same performance and the audi...

I was just about to say the same. I think we can agree on that.

That aspect of consciousness that is pure intelligence and is aware of itself as consciousness is always the same. What changes is that memories of a ...

Perhaps one way of looking at it is that God created our bodies after which he infused us with his breath or spirit which would suggest that the spiri...

I'm not saying it isn't problematic but I don't think these are problems that can't be resolved. Essentially, the soul that reincarnates consists of c...

Ice, water and steam/vapour are often used to illustrate how consciousness can assume various forms. However, it needs to be borne in mind that, unlik...

Both sensations and memory are functions of consciousness. It is consciousness that reincarnates. Of course, there are some problems, hence the origin...

Well, I did say we need to look into how we define "mind". But my feeling is that we're on the right track.

Any chance of expanding on that a bit?

The original question said "supposing we accept reincarnation either as fact or as theoretical possibility"

I tend to agree with that. They are not "parts" stricto sensu, they're functions of the same one thing. But how can we formulate the mind argument to ...

They definitely seem worthwhile looking into. Obviously, we'll need to see how we define things like "mind" etc. But I must say your arguments come ve...

Questions like that arise from a wrong understanding of Christian teachings. The Bible says: "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for th...

That's a good point. I think if we look at China's treatment of Tibetans, Uighurs and other ethnic groups, some humans regard others as a different sp...

How very gracious. However, you have been on this forum for much longer than myself, have you not? And since presumably you're older, more knowledgeab...

Yes, desires and fears are fundamental to human psychology. They can take hold of our mind and obscure our heart. Both love (or infatuation) and hatre...

Communism has been a major advocate of world government and we've seen where that ended. Besides, we can see how even a national government can be cor...

You sound pretty defensive yourself, that's why you joined the discussion isn't it? And since you've been on here for years it's only proper for you t...