Tue 15 Nov, 2016 04:24 pm - Any philosophical concept seriously understood offers sufficient "divergence".
Who would be the authority from which you derived the concept of "selfhood" as comparandum?... (view)
Sun 12 Feb, 2012 09:05 pm - It's deplorable how far we are from being able to answer a straightforward question. Not yet a breath about my question.
"...with a sudden flash there shines forth understanding about... (view)
Sat 11 Feb, 2012 04:50 pm - bluemist phil said:"For Plato..." Are you sure that isn't an interpretation of his corpus and times, bolstered by historical justification, that is properly & sternly repudiated... (view)
Fri 10 Feb, 2012 05:33 pm - Your making statements about the understanding of theory, in this thread the focus is only on very naively following Plato, letting ourselves assume he was sincere, and that what he is telling us... (view)
Thu 9 Feb, 2012 09:55 pm - I think a boring answer is exhilarating, it takes us off the ordinary road, and disdains cleverness. If we have the aim of keeping to Plato's orders at heart we might take day trips, and... (view)
Thu 9 Feb, 2012 09:04 pm - "It is identity, or conservation... The name is the thing..." Are you answering the question about the name? Brilliantly opaque.
"and so much of what I say comes from memory blank... (view)
Thu 9 Feb, 2012 12:53 pm - @Fido
You ignored the first question i..e: "A circle is a thing spoken of, and its name is that very word which we have just uttered."
Does he mean, the sound or also the written... (view)
Thu 9 Feb, 2012 12:46 pm - @bluemist phil
You ignored the first question i..e: "A circle is a thing spoken of, and its name is that very word which we have just uttered."
Does he mean, the sound or also... (view)
Thu 2 Feb, 2012 11:02 pm -
"A circle is a thing spoken of, and its name is that very word which we have just uttered."
Does he mean, the sound or also the written word, or something else?
The second thing... (view)
