It would be interesting if you traced this,fleshed it out and developed it. There is a kind of anthropomorphism at work here. Because we have intellec...
Knowledge of the Forms is the justification for the rule of the philosopher. The analogy with the soul is problematic absent knowledge in the soul. Th...
Good question.The problem is that one who does not “allow that for each thing there is a character that is always the same" will “destroy the power of...
Yes. I think our inability to make sense of the dialogue reflects our inability to make sense of the world. No doubt Platonists would not agree. The i...
I do not think that one can use their hand to touch or move something without being aware that it is one's hand that one is using. If not one's hand t...
You are right with regard to the lack of an explanation. Copying from the Chora thread: Plato probably creates Timaeus, so the divine craftsman would ...
The role of a divine craftsman plays off this difference. Is what is made by the craftsman by nature or is nature made by the craftsman or is there so...
A careful reader who needs to be read carefully. Not for the casual reader but highly recommended. His "Chorology" was helpful in my attempt to unders...
Not anymore. The roots of both liberal and conservative ideologies can be found in the works of classical liberalism but today's Republican Party is n...
How are we to understand the following? It is not that grammar determines facts: (Zettel 352) It is not that they are beyond doubt and truth or falsit...
I won't get into early child development and body awareness, but researchers do not agree. Having spent a great deal of time with my own children I ca...
It is no surprise that when seen through the interpretive lens of the Platonist Plotinus Plato and Aristotle are regarded by Gerson as Platonists. Cen...
They have not forgotten. They are convinced that kissing the ring or ass is necessary if the are to be reelected. Those who refuse have decided not to...
Of course there is more: (6.422) In the builder's language there is no word for 'hand' but surely they are aware they have hands. They use them skillf...
The distinction is between the public teaching and matters which are not made public. In the OP a theory of Forms is regarded as a "core doctrine" tha...
Nor did I say that. Once again: If you are arguing that his core doctrines are unwritten that is a whole other discussion. Griffin's review of Gerson,...
In following Plotinus I think Gerson misrepresents both Plato and Aristotle. Plotinus' first principle, the arche of the Whole, is the Good or One. He...
No assurance is given. In the Republic Socrates tells stories about transcendent knowledge but given his profession of ignorance these stories should ...
Are you saying that Gerson's interpretation of Plato is through his reading of Plotinus? That seems right to me. If we look at the dramatic chronology...
It should be understood that Socratic skepticism differs from other types of skepticism. It is the desire to know based on the knowledge of our ignora...
What does: mean if not that Plato did not give us written doctrines? Your post began by saying that the quote from the Seventh Letter was: How do you ...
Some argue that the Seventh Letter was not written by Plato. As far as I know Gerson accepts its legitimacy. In the letter Plato says, as quoted: That...
I think that this is the key weaknesses of his work. In Plato's Seventh Letter he says: "There is no treatise (suggramma) by me on these subjects, nor...
What is it according to the Tractatus that we must remain silent about? The answer is, the sense (Sinn) of the world, as opposed to the sense of thing...
Right! It is a rhetorical tactic. There is no equivalence, but when the danger of Trump and the red tie sycophants is pointed out their propaganda mac...
Trump has effectively turned civil and criminal matters into political matters and is accusing Biden of doing exactly what Trump himself is doing. Whe...
A relativistic position might be one of many different positions called relativistic. I take this to be related to the following: There is no fixed po...
There have been threats of violence by Trump supporters. We do not know the extent to which they will follow through or when such actions might occur....
What may count as good reasons for you may not be what others regard as good reasons. Once again: And one that has been quoted many times including by...
Not to those who are convinced otherwise. To doubt it would put everything, their whole system of beliefs, into doubt. Is there any support in Wittgen...
In an earlier post you said: That belief is part of their inherited background of our world picture. That there is or is not a God is for them bedrock...
Well, the public sentenced Socrates to death for living a certain life that they thought threatened their way of life. Historically, the practice of p...
I think this not knowing is part of Socrates "human wisdom". I don't think Wittgenstein does either, when said in appropriate circumstances. Proof aga...
I read Pritchard's paper on Hinge Epistemology. The first thing to be noted, as can be seen in the title, is that he regards hinges as epistemological...
I agree with the significance of Part ll and that Wittgenstein goes far beyond the analyzing the use of words. What I am wondering about is the idea o...
Plato opposes 'might makes right' with 'the stronger argument'. I think he was well aware of the ways in which power in one form or another dominates....
Wittgenstein did not write books. He writes aphoristically. I think a good many of them are finished. What do you think that is? Do you have examples ...
Absolutely! He was a very careful and thoughtful writer. How does someone know when something is "over-interpreted"? I think there are interpretations...
That is a surprising comment! I think Socrates handled him quite well. These is for some an admiration, but I don't think that he has generally regard...
Yes, we do disagree. I don't think we are likely to change our opinions now, but we have both over time changed our understanding to some degree. So, ...
It is as stated in 12: that "I know" seems to describe a state of affairs which guarantees what is known, guarantees it as a fact. Stated impersonally...
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