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I believe you are referring to the parable concerning the soul of a lover in Phaedrus, composed of a charioteer and two horses of opposite disposition...

I see the utility of a "framework of how various ideas overlap at all or work together or against one another." That has the danger of encapsulating c...

In regard to 'unconditioned' knowledge, Protagoras (as played by Socrates) is not denying we all live in a shared world where one kind of life is bett...

*agent smith pulls hard upon his Gitane before flicking the butt into the inky blackness of the Siene. *

I am a grumpy old man who takes another approach. If everything can easily be compared to anything else, then it is too general to require anything fr...

In that register, the utility you asked for is immediately before you, the wonder of living amongst other living beings. It is like the breath of life...

When you ask if they are useful, that asks me to ask toward what purpose. Is it to approach what is in front of you? Is it to build a sufficient map o...

I think you are right to see a Kantian world view in Cornford's thesis. I suspect he assumes what he sets out to prove regarding, as you describe it, ...

I was stunned to learn how prevalent this interpretation is. It is directly negated by this: I wonder if the idea developed from failing to distinguis...

Try not to fuck up your kids. You will despite yourself. But there is a narrow degree of influence where you won't. So, what is that?

That description does not match the language in the dialogue. Socrates directly refutes Cornford's statement, "The dialogue is concerned only with the...

That is Cornford's thesis. And it was going great except for the part about JTB (if that means true belief with an added account). Cornford says: Socr...

Post Rock before Prog Rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ymkBEhdHBE

As Bromberg said: "My mind was writing checks my body couldn't cash."

It is interesting to read Theaetetus concerning this point. That dialogue shows the need for an intelligible world not possible through the relativity...

Here is some information about it. My photo is one of them in their natural environment. They are very aesthetically pleasing. Almost hallucinogenic.

Socrates was stuck with his looks. I have spared the community by using a plant to stand in for me. Some images feel like an intentional assault. They...

I would like a way to blank out a profile picture of a member when it is super ugly.

From Ben you can leap to Soren borrowing from William: "Better well hung than ill wed."

The article expresses well what I found confusing about the above reference to Neoplatonism:

This list of my shortcomings does not get you closer to supporting your view that all appearances that Ukraine is acting in their own self-interest is...

You used the term 'neoplatonist' to describe all interpretations of Plato not included by Plato. It has another widely accepted meaning referring to a...

A pretty good translation of what he said.

So, a modern Thrasymachus. Equally uncapable of arguing for themself as the first one.

Exactly.

So, maybe be less ready to accuse others of intellectual dishonesty since you are not interested in supporting your own opinions.

I sense a lack of interest in my challenges.

How does that reference relate to my challenge regarding your use of the term Neoplatonist? I am curious enough to check him out.

If you are not interested in explaining your idea, I am not interested in such a leading question. For all I know, you are reciting opinions rather th...

You have an idea that needs clarification if it is to be observed by others.

This aspect of history makes it confusing to hear your use of "Neoplatonist" against the way the term is commonly used to refer to philosophers in the...

I was apprehensive about bringing Lacan's work up because I don't think of "ego" as something that can be referred to as a normative fact. It plays a ...

Does this make Aristotle a Neoplatonist?

Which brand? I am pretty familiar with Plotinus and Proclus. This statement, for instance, would be strongly rejected by both.

From the point of view of developmental psychology, the question is whether the experience of 'ego' is an activity that appears in the individual at b...

The matter is not about the purity of U.S. intentions. It is about whether the revolution was a struggle between people in Ukraine that led to the pre...

I have actively protested against every war the U.S. has ventured upon since Vietnam. I wasn't sure about Vietnam because I was a kid holding a draft ...

The skepticism expressed was not an attempt to give the U.S. a 'benefit of the doubt'. The U.S. has proven itself capable of doing many nefarious thin...

That phone call certainly demonstrated hubris and self-importance. It doesn't shed any light on how the revolution was manipulated. Your alignment wit...

I acknowledge that U.S. was an influence in the country. If that involvement included taking part in a coup, that means they had worked with those who...

There is no secret about the pursuit of U.S. interests and their intention to support ties to the E.U. This influx of support does not show that the r...

The coup speculators point to associations to particular groups but do not cover the broad coalition of people who otherwise were not aligned with eac...

Well, none of that remotely resembled Wittgenstein's Zettel. Maybe it was a chat.gpt stunt: "AI, what combination of identity and opinion would piss o...

Do you have a source that rebuts her account of the participants?

I did not mean to insinuate anything about vetting; Just curious about what looked interesting.

zettel's profile says he was invited by Jamal.

When considering the diversity of participants, both previously organized and spontaneously self-organized, this comparison between the 'Orange' and '...

Your choice between A and B is sort of passive/aggressive. There is a beauty that pushes buttons other people have. There is a kind that reveals to yo...

I have no idea what this means. Truth is only useful as a concept if all misrepresentations count as the opposite of it. We do not possess a version o...

Regarding Spanish films, Carlos Saura's Blood Wedding is fantastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YcgZI424Dc