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11 published essays
Extends Plato's ascending love—a dog's love is a different ladder, teaching presence and unconditional giving
same questions and to have obtained the same answers from Diotima, a wise woman of Mantinea, who, like Agathon, had spoken first of love and then of his works. Socrates, like Agathon, had told he…
Extends Plato's inquiry into what makes friendship 'good'—shared pursuit of the good becomes shared growth over decades
Extends Plato's inquiry into what makes friendship 'good'—shared pursuit of the good becomes shared growth over decades This connection draws from Lysis (On Friendship) by Plato.
Extends Plato's illusion/reality divide into social perception—we are shadows to strangers and sunlight to loved ones
Extends Plato's illusion/reality divide into social perception—we are shadows to strangers and sunlight to loved ones This connection draws from Allegory of the Cave by Plato.
Simulation theory as the modern cave—the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is a shadow on the wall we mistake for reality
Simulation theory as the modern cave—the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is a shadow on the wall we mistake for reality This connection draws from Allegory of the Cave by Plato.
Extends Plato: if friendship is grounded in shared pursuit of the good, what happens when pursuits diverge?
Extends Plato: if friendship is grounded in shared pursuit of the good, what happens when pursuits diverge? This connection draws from Lysis (On Friendship) by Plato.
True knowledge requires turning away from illusions toward the light of reason
BOOK VII. And now I will describe in a figure the enlightenment or unenlightenment of our nature:—Imagine human beings living in an underground den which is open towards the light; they have been…
The examined life is the only life worth living; wisdom begins with knowing you know nothing
How you, O Athenians, have been affected by my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that they almost made me forget who I was—so persuasively did they speak; and yet they have hardly uttered a wor…
Love is a ladder from physical beauty to the beauty of the soul to the Form of Beauty itself
same questions and to have obtained the same answers from Diotima, a wise woman of Mantinea, who, like Agathon, had spoken first of love and then of his works. Socrates, like Agathon, had told he…
Friendship is grounded not in similarity alone but in a shared pursuit of the good
Friendship is grounded not in similarity alone but in a shared pursuit of the good
A foundational text by Plato
same questions and to have obtained the same answers from Diotima, a wise woman of Mantinea, who, like Agathon, had spoken first of love and then of his works. Socrates, like Agathon, had told he…
A foundational text by Plato
Binary thinking is modern shadow-watching; breaking free means seeing in 'full color'