Tag: Plato
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A History of the Divine Ideas as Thoughts of God
The Ideas as Thoughts of God The divine ideas have a notorious history in philosophy. They are commonly spoken of as the ‘thoughts of God,’ and utilized in arguments for God’s existence, e.g., Edward Feser’s ‘Augustinian Argument.’ Their history is pretty nuanced, and provides an interesting area for investigation. Prior to the Platonic Successors we…
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Maximus the Confessor on the Transfiguration
For those who aren’t familiar, the transfiguration (Matthew 17.1-13, Mark 9.2-13, and Luke 9.28-36) is an event recorded in the gospels where Christ, Peter, James, and John go up onto a mountain and Christ is “transfigured.” The event is clearly meant to indicate the divine approval of Christ’s mission on earth. But there seems to be…
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Why Read the Church Fathers?
“Fun” What is the appeal behind spending thirty or more dollars to buy an old book, opening it up to find the language verbose, dense, and placid? And then to sink hours and hours into the text with little to nothing to show for it? Well, when put like that, reading sounds more like torture…
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Aristotle and Quantum Mechanics – Some Thoughts
Just some brief thoughts on quantum physics and Aristotle as I learn more about the field…
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Being and Some Philosophers: Parmenides
What’s so interesting about a bunch of Greek guys from 2500 years ago? As one of my friends back home put it so succinctly, “Why should I care about a bunch of old dead white dudes?” After all, they didn’t even have access to the technology we have today. They didn’t have the ability to…
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Misology – Reinvented
Here I take a look at Plato’s use of the term ‘misology’ and apply it to a modern context. Take a look, you’ll relate to this post!
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From Hegel to Death: Thoughts on Plato’s Phaedo
(Written August 2020) Below are some thoughts I wrote down while doing a preliminary read of the Phaedo. Despite being over 2000 years old, there is much to gain from reading and re-reading it. It is certainly a dialogue I’ll be reading the rest of my life. Thoughts on Death in Phaedo The first theme…
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Visions in Modern Politics (Part 1)
(Written Jan. 2020) Introduction Regarding politics, the last four years have been some strange ones – Donald Trump has become president, America has become increasingly polarized on many issues, and identity politics has taken over the nation. Many of you, I included, no doubt wonder what exactly has happened? How did America come to this…
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Is it Just to Break an Unjust Law?
(Written Feb. 2019) A short comparison of the views of Plato and Martin Luther King Jr. I usually squirm in my seat when forced to make a universal statement (see how I phrased that?); they are just so binding in my opinion. When one says that it is just to break an unjust law, they…
The Reluctant Philosopher 