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I don't think it is anti-historicist but ahistorist, It is not analytical philosophy but its domination that is historical. The assumption that truth ...

The article ends by saying: What is it that these thinkers seek to subvert and close down? As I read it, it is not the marketplace of ideas but rather...

This is facile. While all statesmen are politicians not all politicians are statesmen. The job of the statesman is not to deceive, but circumstances m...

Schuringa is using the term liberal in the classical sense of liberalism, that is, autonomous individualism, social atomism. He argues that the domina...

I think the opposite is true. In its striving for consistency analytic philosophy abstracts from the messiness of life. The idea that philosophy is a ...

It means that the assumption that there is a free marketplace of ideas shaped by unconstrained autonomous individuals is wrong. The changes that we se...

There is much to be said in response, but will limit it to a few remarks. They are not intended to argue against but to elaborate on what you said. In...

Unless I am missing something I did not read the article as a call to action. It is descriptive and critical rather than prescriptive. The central cri...

I think Plato the puppet-master is well aware that there will always be those who fool themselves into believing that having read about the cave that ...

I think Murdoch speaks for herself and not for philosophy or poetry. In the video she is quoted as saying (3:54) While I think it is certainly true th...

The Greek term is transliterated "poetry". The root of the word poiesis means to make. Here it is the making of images in words. It connotes both the ...

Xenophon begins his Apology by saying: "But what they didn’t make clear—and without it his boastfulness is bound to appear ill-considered—is this: he ...

It is not a question of what I think but of understanding what Hegel thinks. This is why in previous posts I pointed to the development of the concept...

In each of these cases there is a logical development. The development is intelligible, that is, rational. Hegel continues the philosophically formati...

Hegel's logic is a logic of developmental change. A logos or account of the whole. Are the acorn and the oak tree the same thing or different things? ...

And yet you say that we should not do without the state. Does this mean you accept that it should have a role, albeit illegitimate?

Yes, the United States. But since you agree that these things would occur even without the state, and that you are not convinced we should not do with...

Are you claiming that without the state these things would not occur?

They do. But those who are not slaves often, but not always, enjoy greater benefits. In any case, it does follow that being a citizen is to be a slave...

Are we to conclude from this that whatever your hope for the future may be, you recognize the need for the state today?

I did, but did so within a state that promoted equality and the values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is evident that not everyone...

So is it that you are not opposed to statism but rather to particular practices of the state? I have not stated a position. I recognize that we enjoy ...

NOS has faith in what he calls a If all or even most people were self-governing then there would be no need for governments. Do you share his faith?

If one thinks through an issue it should be apparent that despite the restrictions imposed by the state we enjoy many benefits that most would not be ...

A better idea than thinking that not thinking in statist terms will lead to a "reformation" in a few centuries that will do away with the state? Well ...

So is your argument that "we only need to stop thinking in statist terms and the rest will follow" in a few centuries of "reformation"?

If you lost your faith in the state wouldn't you still live in the state? It's institutions, its laws, its power would remain as they are.

Good question! What follows from not thinking in terms of the state?

A fine example of magic thinking. Or it is magic not thinking?

Hegel maintains the unity of thinking and being. Dialectic is the movement of thought and being in time, from becoming to being, from knowledge to sel...

Hegel's social and political philosophy cannot be adequately addressed without discussing his Philosophy of Right.

Yes. Starting from the first generation, with Paul's "Christ". Hebrew scriptures were appropriated and stories of Jesus told to fit the appropriated t...

It has been said that each generation has its own Plato. Cited here: A few points to be considered. In a period of tumultuous political upheaval, to b...

Yes, but of what? As I read him not for certainty and perfection. He provides the image, and it is one that has inspired philosophers and theologians,...

Both Aristophanes and Xenophon portray Socrates as a skeptic. But what is at issue here is not Socrates but Plato, and more specifically, the Republic...

Since the topic is not Plato, I will keep this brief. Plato, like Socrates, was a zetetic skeptic. The dialogues often end in aporia. When compared on...

A while back he was arguing for a metaphorical interpretation, but despite repeated attempts to get him to explain the meaning of the metaphors, was u...

The fact of the matter is that many members do take him seriously. Over the years he has demonstrated why he should be taken seriously. You make the s...

I have not presented any argument, cogent or otherwise. I asked a question. You did not answering it.

Someone else @"ThinkOfOne" is now clawing his way to the top. Same tactics.

Why do you keep evading the issues?

I did read what Tom wrote. He made the point that we do not know whether or not Jesus actually said the things attributed to him. You lay emphasis on:...

Is your claim that concepts you deem to be of superior quality are those taught by Jesus, and those of lesser quality are not his own?

I am in favor of universal healthcare, but the fact is we do not have it in the US. In the absence of what should be we must act on the basis of what ...

Where there is not universal healthcare the accumulation of wealth is a reasonable defensive strategy. This does not mean that more is always better, ...

Thanks Michael. What prompted me to ask is the connection to Trump.

Can you provide a source?

I think he made an important contribution to philosophy with the idea that thinking is cultural and historical. I do not accept his metaphysics though...

To understand history it to understand the development of geist - spirit or mind. This is not simply a matter of an individual studying the past as a ...

If you are referring to home prices, the fact is home prices rose. This is true whether or not home ownership also rose. But in fact, the increase in ...