tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post7662544436510344700..comments2024-02-10T02:53:47.545-06:00Comments on Do You Ever Think About Things You Do Think About?: We Now Return to Our Regularly Scheduled ProgrammingVinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955726889682177434noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-48601269752866777042008-11-23T14:38:00.000-06:002008-11-23T14:38:00.000-06:00You might have a point there Whitemanblaksuit or i...You might have a point there Whitemanblaksuit or it might just be that you're a . . . POINTY HEADED LIBERAL! SNAP!!!Vinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955726889682177434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-80173645863285685252008-11-23T13:27:00.000-06:002008-11-23T13:27:00.000-06:00Look, people, we can argue all day over whether Pl...Look, people, we can argue all day over whether Plato was Plato or if it was Playdo. When it comes down to it, none of us are actually going to deny the existence of a world of eternal forms that constitutes the ultimate reality of which our world is an imperfect reflection, or the fact that fire, in its indivisible particles is shaped like a tetrahedron. It's the message that matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-26026602402798998812008-11-23T10:23:00.000-06:002008-11-23T10:23:00.000-06:00If I believe the Republic was written by Plato, an...<I>If I believe the Republic was written by Plato, and you believe it was Xenophon, how much energy would you put into convincing me I am wrong?</I><BR/><BR/>That depends on what implications you saw in the answer to that authorship question.<BR/><BR/>Would you claim that we should set public policy toward homosexuals based on Plato's opinions on the topic?<BR/><BR/>Would you claim that the biology curriculum in our schools should be based on Plato's ideas rather than peer reviewed research from leading universities?<BR/><BR/>Would you claim that our foreign policy in the Middle East should reflect Plato's suggested land divisions and his predictions about the future?<BR/><BR/>Would you claim that we should ignore the problem of global warming because of something Plato wrote? <BR/><BR/>Would you claim that the United States was a Platonic nation despite the fact that Plato is not mentioned in the Constitution?<BR/><BR/>If you and millions of others started making such claims, I might be inclined to spend some time pointing out that we can't even be sure that Plato wrote Plato.Vinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955726889682177434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-36874781836606106712008-11-23T07:45:00.000-06:002008-11-23T07:45:00.000-06:00If I believe the Republic was written by Plato, an...If I believe the Republic was written by Plato, and you believe it was Xenophon, how much energy would you put into convincing me I am wrong?ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-52504369644880832162008-11-23T05:39:00.000-06:002008-11-23T05:39:00.000-06:00Historical Je-sus is an oxymoron.Historical Je-sus is an oxymoron.Eliyahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550781249705011630noreply@blogger.com