Medaevel philosophers created the confusion of Plato through their own insistence on an idea being "visible", and a concept "abstract". Thus they could run from Plato, and to Aristotle, clutching onto their " idea of god".
Such gymnastics are to be expected, as even Aquinas was forced to admit there was no way to prove the existence of the Abrahamic god.
In truth there is nothing visible in an idea, and attempting to force an idea into a direct correspondence with incarnate reality revisits all the unworkable assumptions Plato attempted to address.
The value of Plato to an incarnate condition is to open a very specific experience to alternative perspectives. These perspectives associate directly with what we might call the spiritual reality, which works according to very different principles than a self deluding "idea of god".
I think, Mr C, you illustrate this both directly and masterfully.
Medaevel philosophers created the confusion of Plato through their own insistence on an idea being "visible", and a concept "abstract". Thus they could run from Plato, and to Aristotle, clutching onto their " idea of god".
Such gymnastics are to be expected, as even Aquinas was forced to admit there was no way to prove the existence of the Abrahamic god.
In truth there is nothing visible in an idea, and attempting to force an idea into a direct correspondence with incarnate reality revisits all the unworkable assumptions Plato attempted to address.
The value of Plato to an incarnate condition is to open a very specific experience to alternative perspectives. These perspectives associate directly with what we might call the spiritual reality, which works according to very different principles than a self deluding "idea of god".
I think, Mr C, you illustrate this both directly and masterfully.
Thank you.
Thank you sir!🙏
Thank you, Mr C.
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