vulcanlogician

But then, what qualifies something as "supporting evidence" ? As any scientist would contend, evidence is validated via empirical verification. How el...

Now I feel like we need to resolve libertarian/compatibilist free will before getting anywhere. Fat chance on us achieving that! (I'm an atheist hard ...

LOL! Sad thing is, if there is surviving documentation from the period concerning the going rate for domesticated/captured sparrows, an exchange rate ...

To be honest, I'm probably due for a refresher on the divided line. I've read the Republic twice, scrutinized books IV, V, and VI, , and written sever...

Personally, I think I'm worth about 15 sparrows. No more. No less.

Nice analysis there, Herg. That's exactly how I see it, but I don't think I could have put it so clearly.

I suppose an omniscient god might understand free agents in (something like) a quantum superposition before they freely choose an option. So, in princ...

I see where you're coming from. Plato is a bit of a hard-nosed prude. But keep in mind, his goal is righteousness in the soul. And he repeats often th...

Sorry. Just realized I rambled without answering your question. Plato's answer is that the philosopher discovers the form of justice by turning away f...

Plato's solution is for "Kings to become philosophers and philosophers to become kings." The general public's opinion on how the city ought to be run ...

Justice and beauty partake in the form of the good. The just city will be just to the extent that it partakes in the form of justice. So too with the ...

The analogy used in the Republic is that justice in the soul is too small to be perceived clearly... like little letters on a sign in the distance. Bu...

Yes. A charitable reading of the Gita makes room for "selfish" actions. Acting to one's own detriment for the sake of "selflessness" might even be cat...