plato

- Aristotle (supposedly, can't vouch for this as a quote though...) Also, this: Found here: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle/#EssHomhttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle/#EssHom Just curious as to what your thoughts are on either (or both!) of these two giants of the...

Usually Socrates is considered to have inspired Plato, and by historians the early work of Plato is considered to represent Socrates' own views, whereas in the latter work, he is mostly a mouthpiece for Plato. But how do we know this? I consider it especially relevant due to the fact that there...

Mountain out of a molehill. The claims are funny. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5894 From the beginning of the article: A science historian at The University of Manchester has cracked “The Plato Code” – the long disputed secret messages hidden in the great...

Hey there. Now, not for a second, would I presume virtually anyone in the conspiracy movement has the tolerance or intellect to assume that the Plato's cave argument is their argument, but watching a few Kubrick films recently (I cant stand not seeing his movies for more than a month) has got me...

The first two are historical figures who had myths added to their lives. The third is why I am starting this thread. Now, that I've shown what this thread is about, I have to ask ( who among myself ) believe that Jesus had myths added to him?

...finger puppets! So that when you are wrestling over deep metaphysical questions, you can more easily reify the voices in your head! (Ok, I stole the link from Pharyngula.)