... think ... that ... to be from non-reason, or is reason eternal? Nice. But you are always searching for a *question* which will end the discussion aren't...
... I ... think ... of ... both ... gods ... was ... reward ... manifest. ... Dear David Notice the word "if". It is of course clear that if there are gods, ...
... but ... independently ... that ... will ... gods, ... Andrew, If Aristotle held this as possible, then how would gods derive their reason from animals or...
... Plato ... of ... come ... and ... to ... I think Aristotle and Plato argue that they have sound judgement about what is complete. I'm not sure what sort...
... No, not always, just when I no longer feel like continuing the discussion. Look, Mr. Lancaster, this is email. Even if we continued this for another decade...
... evident ... the ... it ... which ... all ... because ... their ... matter ... the ... one ... its ... this ... Thank David. I take it that you think it as...
... but ... independently ... evident ... end ... covered, ... that ... considering, ... have ... Plato ... doesn't ... in ... No, I'm not really arguing about...
... Dear Mr. van Dyke, Why, I mean whatever LS means in "Progress or Return", of course :-). Seriously, the whole modern project seems to be shaping up to be...
... So....you think the motive for the early modern philosophers was....laziness and self-indulgence? They just did what was easiest and most pleasurable? -- ...
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... it ... was....laziness and self-indulgence? They just did what was easiest and most pleasurable? ... No, I grant that they may have considered themeselves...
ponocrates2004 wrote: Dear Mr. Crabbe, Didn't Machiavelli suggest revenge as a motive? Best regards, Dan Watkins ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
... Yeah, but you have to admit achieving glory is hard work. Your accusation that "it is easier to devise the means to an end rather than investigate the ends...
... Well, that will repeal everything human, won't it? Which leads to an interesting question: Should we try to get off the planet by means of space travel so...
... disagrees with ... some point. Won't that repeal modernity? ... I have wondered how much the sense that the world was eternal influenced the classicals. I...
... ). ... more ... or ... eke ... utterly ... don't ... with ... Perhaps we will. Or is some idea of a cycle of renewal too historicist? It does seem the...
... Nietzsche certainly did. However, do you think Machiavelli's main motive was revenge or was attributing this to others? Best regards, David Crabbe...
... I think that in fact the argument in favor of relativism is very powerful - not easy pickings at all. I find that I don't ever learn anything of...
... I thought it was his - an "I'll show you who can't rule men" sort of thing, to those who had (he thought) denied him his due. Best regards, Dan Watkins ......
... they ... I never used the word "laziness" to describe them, you did. ... rather than investigate the ends themselves" is surely unfair. Why? Isn't it...
... So, took the easy route is not the same as being lazy? I just wonder whether it looked easier to them, or on the contrary, much more difficult and...
... No, not any idea of human progress. Obviously there was progress from Homer to Plato, from barbarism to Greekness. But there will not be infinite human...
... That's what I wondered. So you do believe that modern man is right, that the sun will become a supernova? And further, that this earth is the one and only,...
... those ... wonder whether it looked easier to them, or on the contrary, much more difficult and dangerous. ... It seems to be two different issues. It may...
... Modern physicists have a daunting record of being able to predict things, and even to do amazing things. They say that one way or another, the sun will end...
... I don't know why it would. They would just say the same kind of environment could occur on another planet, or different environments can produce the same...
... Yes, I know. I just wonder whether the one being easier than the other had anything to do with their motives. ... Which, by the way, is the same criticism...
