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Re: Heads up, atheists
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:14:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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> > This would be a good time for us all to review Plato's Euthyphro.
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> > Dave!
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> Just how well read are you, Dave!??
Heh. Not as well as I'd like, to be honest. My knowledge of modern history is
embarrassingly feeble, and I have no ear for modern poetry, either. Most of the
meaty entries on my "stuff I've read" list came about in college, though I still
like to refresh and browse from time to time.
Euthyphro is a particular favorite because it asks the question "is a thing good
because the gods like it, or do gods like a thing because it's good?" An
analogy is made between a good thing and any random object: is an object
carried because it's a "carried object," or is it a "carried object" because
someone carries it?
Nifty stuff, and it's not all that unpleasant to read, either.
Oh, that Socrates. Such a troublemaker!
Dave!
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| (...) In the same manner as are you, Dave! :-) But I have faith in you, Dave! For I believe that you embrace the sentiment of Socrates' statement (about arguments, and Truth): "For I would give the wisdom of Daedalus, and the wealth of Tantalus, to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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