Further to Edward's invitation to discussion on the subject of salvation and the human condition, I thought the following quotes were relevant: "For by the...
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May 3, 2001 12:13 am
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From: "andy-k" <andy-k@n...> Date: Mon Apr 30, 2001 9:33 pm Subject: Re: [plotinus] Salvation ... From: Edward Moore <proteus28@j...> To:...
Edward Moore
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May 3, 2001 5:04 am
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... From: Edward Moore <proteus28@...> To: <plotinus@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [plotinus] Salvation ... Who...
John Foster
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May 4, 2001 4:25 pm
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On Fri, 4 May 2001 09:29:34 -0700 "John Foster" <borealis@...> writes: FOSTER: The west did not invent ethics. Primates are ethical. Read Jane...
Edward Moore
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May 4, 2001 7:48 pm
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Edward, this is exactly what I was hoping to show. The intellectual act of en-principation, or elemental analysis, is purely rational. The One cannot be known...
John Foster
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May 4, 2001 11:01 pm
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I don't often intrude, but .... ... The ... I don't suppose for a moment that 'the west' invented ethics. But we hardly need to prove this by suggesting that...
srlclark
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May 5, 2001 4:20 pm
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Super to see contributions from Stephen Clark ... could we see more of this please? Well-argued critical appraisal is invaluable. ... From: Edward Moore...
andy-k
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May 5, 2001 9:13 pm
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Lloyd Gerson author of "Plotinus" writes: "Little is known of this enigmatic figure, who may at one time have been a Christian....After some ten or eleven...
John Foster
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May 6, 2001 5:34 pm
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... From: srlclark <srlclark@...> To: <plotinus@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 6:26 AM Subject: [plotinus] Foster on Ethics and the...
John Foster
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May 6, 2001 7:16 pm
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John has said a great deal - some of which I may possibly agree with. ... From: plotinus@yahoogroups.com <plotinus@yahoogroups.com> ... Gerson's speculation...
srlclark
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May 7, 2001 2:00 pm
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... Well in fact they must have been. Phoenecia was part of the Persian empire for sometime during the Christian era. The Zoroastrian faith was the first ...
John Foster
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May 7, 2001 5:04 pm
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The passage below sums up Plotinus' 5 categories of Being derived from the categorical explorations of Plato's 'Sophist' dialog. 6.2.8. Thus, in addition to...
Actually Andy, There is a danger of 'dualism' in the contention that there are examples of pure evil. If there was something like evil in the universe that was...
John Foster
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May 11, 2001 3:30 am
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... From: John Foster <borealis@...> To: <plotinus@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 4:12 AM Subject: Re: [plotinus] Salvation and...
andy-k
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May 11, 2001 4:02 pm
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... From: Edward Moore <proteus28@...> To: <plotinus@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 5:49 AM Subject: Re: [plotinus] Re: 5.9-The...
andy-k
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May 14, 2001 3:47 pm
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On Mon, 14 May 2001 16:48:56 +0100 "andy-k" <andy-k@...> writes: "The biggest problem I have with moral codes is that they always seem to be relative...
Edward Moore
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May 14, 2001 5:52 pm
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Sorry folks, I hit the 'send' button a little too soon on that last message. But perhaps it is providential that I did. I hope Andy or someone else will...
Edward Moore
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May 14, 2001 5:58 pm
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I think what Andy was referring to regarding his comment about "certain securities offered by the group" are suggestive of the "holistic" philosophical...
John Foster
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May 14, 2001 7:46 pm
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Many thanks to Edward and John for their thoughts on the subject of ethics. ... From: Edward Moore <proteus28@...> To: <plotinus@yahoogroups.com> Cc:...
andy-k
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May 15, 2001 2:53 pm
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It is interesting how almost all philosophical discussions appear to drift towards ethics. Ethics in my view is about habituation. Habituations are life styles...
John Foster
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May 15, 2001 6:33 pm
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... codes of ... what ... over and ... I tried to answer that by appealing to Bultmann's concept of "radical obedience," which is obedience to one's own inner...
Edward Moore
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May 15, 2001 6:33 pm
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... From: Edward Moore <proteus28@...> To: <plotinus@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <plotinus@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 7:31 PM Subject: Re:...
andy-k
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May 16, 2001 2:02 pm
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Speaking only for my own nature as I experience it, don't we have here a distinction not unlike one Plotinus examined between whether Ideas have an existence...
Claude Caspar
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May 16, 2001 4:31 pm
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Greetings Andy, John, Claude, et. al., ... about the ... action in ... be ... This is not my position at all. I do understand that I have stated my position...
Edward Moore
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May 16, 2001 6:55 pm
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Greetings Claude, On Wed, 16 May 2001 12:29:53 -0400 "Claude Caspar" <claudecaspar@...> ... I don't believe that any of our modern authorities have done...
Edward Moore
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May 16, 2001 7:10 pm
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Marcion of Sinope, in Pontus, was a contemporary of Basilides (fl. 130-135 CE). According to Tertullian, he started his career as an orthodox Christian --...
Edward Moore
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May 17, 2001 6:52 am
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Many thanks to Edward for contributions on ethics and on Marcion, and to Claude for his contribution on ethics. Since I will be away for a few days I will be...
andy-k
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May 17, 2001 4:12 pm
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Edward, Do you find Wolfson convincing? When you say "any" are you including Wolfson? Who are the exceptions you do not name? ... From: Edward Moore...
Claude Caspar
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May 17, 2001 4:37 pm
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Claude, I heard a paper presented at a conference some time ago that drew upon Wolfson, and since I found the paper unconvincing, I must confess that I judged...