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I was just asking him to specify that what he's expressing is his own interpretation. He's done that, so we can move on as far as I'm concerned. I don...

I don't think it goes without saying, and I don't know why you appear to be upset about mentioning it.

You already admitted that you were offering a personal interpretation, so whether it qualifies as neoplatonism is a moot point.

You already admitted that you were offering a personal interpretation, so whether it qualifies as neoplatonism is a moot point.

You did admit that what you expressed was your own personal interpretation of Plato. That's the point I was making.

I think we've derailed the thread long enough, but if your point is that novel interpretations of Plato shouldn't be called neoplatonic because it cau...

If you have an actual point relevant to the topic, feel free to make it.

Yeah, whatever.

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I don't even know what you're talking about. :meh:

You already admitted that you were offering a personal interpretation, so whether it qualifies as neoplatonism is a moot point.

You sense correctly.

:up: He's awesome. Enjoy.

If you want to know about late neoplatonism, look up Ficino.

You didn't know there was early and late neoplatonism?

That's early neoplatonism. The younger version is associated with the Renaissance. But any novel interpretation could be labeled "a brand of neoplaton...

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Don't see what? I take them to be what we would call ideas. Your visual field is made up of lines and shades. You use ideas to make sense of it. Or yo...

We've already got one religion based on Plato. We don't need another one.

It's the difference between theology and religion studies. Theology presents interpretations. Religion studies just sticks to what we've got and tries...

Any interpretation of Plato that presents a cohesive narrative could be described as "a brand of neoplatonism."

One that creates a cohesive narrative?

Neoplatonism isn't one line of thought. It's any interpretation of Plato that fills in the blanks in a certain way. Christianity, Plotinus, and Ficino...

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Neoplatonism isn't one line of thought. It's any interpretation of Plato that fills in the blanks in a certain way. Christianity, Plotinus, and Ficino...

What you've expressed is a brand of neo-platonism. That's fine, but do identify it as such. Intellectual honesty would demand that.

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In a country like the US, it could be a lot more rare. Wouldn't you agree?

That's true. It's not a slam dunk. It's definitely food for thought, though. Per the same FBI analysis, shooters were usually expressing desperation o...

If you look at the large number of humans in the environment, this indicates that cannibalism is much more prevalent than most people realize. :grimac...

Mike, neoliberalism is a global phenomenon. The EU is a neoliberal project. Gun control is an issue unique to the US due to its history and culture. N...

You are what you eat, though. If you eat enough buffalo wings you turn into a flying buffalo. It just stands to reason.

This is the slow boat to China. It's a jazz standard. https://youtu.be/fb8MsItZ5P0

If you eat enough goldfish crackers, you'll eventually turn into a giant goldfish.

No, it's that producers gather behind closed doors (or maybe they just text each other) and come up with pricing that suits them. I think that's suppo...

Two interesting things: In a free market, all current market information is reflected in the price. In other words, the price of green beans reflects ...

"Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future..." -- Yoda

You heard what I said.

My coworkers have analyzed the cops' post beating discussion and discerned that this was a case of mistaken identity. They were looking for someone el...

Sure. Start a different thread on it and we can have an intelligent discussion.

The connection could be made. He's just not interested in exploring that.

The cops didn't realize that a traffic camera filmed as they held him and punched, kicked, pepper sprayed, and tazed him. They all need to go to jail.

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Now that would be a meaty topic with potato salad for the vegetarians. That's not the topic of this thread, though.

The ills of any society will be seen to have something to do with government policies or the lack of whatever is needed to make the world perfect, so ...

True.

They have a reputation for being unnecessarily belligerent. They know they can get away with it if the victim is black. If you have dark skin, you'll ...

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Neoliberalism is best implemented by a dictatorship. It's an embarrassment to conservatives that Hayek approved of dictatorship for this reason. It's ...

I'm not on a crusade to convince you because as I said, the standard neutral view of events says union demands were a factor in the stagflation of the...