fleshofgod

Platonist: "Just doing time in the cave" It is entirely possible to verify for oneself that we are part of a caring and intelligible universe." (Pierre Grimes, Ph.D.) "A little learning is a dangerous thing, drink deep, or taste not the Platonic spring; there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply, sobers us again." (Thomas Taylor) "Truth is the bond of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no confidence in friendship, no security in promises and oaths." (Jeremy Collier) "As we grow in Self consciousness we identify ourselves with all that is in the world, so there is no exploitation. It is ourselves we are helping. It is o...