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I thought we both thought it was bullshit. Pity doesn't interfere with nature selection, does it?

That part is bullshit. It's an acknowledgement of the ideas of the time. Because by virtue of a time warp you're in 1994?

How do you tell if a person is unhinged? This is N's take on pity: Suffering is made contagious by pity; under certain circumstances it may lead to a ...

You can eat ricotta cheese with anything.

That makes sense. Thank you!

They're like Trump supporters?

Fucking liberals.

What do you think he believed? And could you explain the Euthyphro dilemma? What do you take away from it?

Israel had 80% of their population vaccinated, so they opened up to tourism and immediately had an outbreak of the delta variant. Even vaccinated peop...

But he was accused of impiety. What does that mean regarding his beliefs?

@"Metaphysician Undercover" Thoughts on the atheism of Socrates?

"It is a painful and tragic spectacle that rises before me: I have drawn back the curtain from the rottenness of man. This word, in my mouth, is at le...

One of the things that gives us that impression is the style of Diogenes. Examining the contrast between Plato and Diogenes, one might be inspired to ...

I don't discuss the science anymore. There's no point.

Correct.

Can you read ancient Greek?

We're not all Greeks, but we all want to go see the Parthenon.

Are you Greek?

godless communists!

:up:

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True. I think since divinity played a part in any ancient conception of the world, it isn't likely that Socrates was an atheist in the modern sense of...

He was found guilty of failing to show respect for the gods.

Could be. We really don't know.

I don't think there's any substantial debate about the Oracle of Delphi.

Holy shit! Any comments you drop here would be appreciated.

Good. So it's not "more to do with the assumptions you bring to it." We rely on experts.

Or you could learn from a scholar who specializes in ancient Greece.

How many times have you read it?

That was one of the inscriptions on the Temple of Delphi. Per legend, Socrates visited it and spoke to the oracle. Are mystical prophecies part of the...

So he imagined people at a later time would understand it. I don't think that's true of Kierkegaard (somebody correct me if I'm wrong), although his b...

"We grew dismal; they called us fatalists. Our fate-it was the fullness, the tension, the storing up of powers. We thirsted for the lightnings and gre...

Isn't it weird how the clueless rally round the profoundly wrong?

Yes. It appears you've rooted out the blasphemy. :up:

Awesome

We could probably analyze all of Platonism in terms of language games, but the dilemma would be a start. Doesn't sound like you're too interested in P...

We're probably going to die then. North America has like 200 years worth of coal to burn. Gimungous.

Yes, so the dilemma could be interpreted this way: did the gods invent the language game associated with piety, or are they just playing it? I think w...

haven't you ever heard of mass hysteria?

Anyway, it's interesting to look at the dilemma in terms of language games

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It's divine. God is everything.

I think you probably have to.

The One is divine. The Soul is an emanation from the One. This is Platonism. Anybody who's familiar with it will call it to mind while reading a Plato...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

You seem to have some grudge related issues.

Yep.

The Soul is rooted in the Divine. Yea.

Surely you adhere to the worldview that's prominent during your lifetime. You have to in order to interact with others. Truth is relative to your worl...

I disagree. We're just good at adhering to our own worldview. It's about language games.