tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post3109305392505421842..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Plato Had No "Doctrine" About "Ideas"gcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-55307173672793662502015-09-02T17:19:38.365-04:002015-09-02T17:19:38.365-04:00Okay; sure, thanks. This seems to be a theme runn...Okay; sure, thanks. This seems to be a theme running through Plato and Voegelin - I just wanted to make sure that I understood correctly. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053155617490357148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-66237685938233942572015-09-02T17:12:58.613-04:002015-09-02T17:12:58.613-04:00Well, you align yourself with the Divine through e...Well, you align yourself with the Divine through experience and practice!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-48300590449733516222015-09-02T13:51:55.319-04:002015-09-02T13:51:55.319-04:00Gene, from my own experience currently in academia...Gene, from my own experience currently in academia - working on a graduate writing sample and finishing up my undergraduate in philosophy and mathematics - I feel, more and more, that our current way of doing philosophy is deeply flawed. As you have said before, contemporary philosophy (at least in the analytical West) is takes the rubric of 'who has the best arguments' as being the 'best' or 'most likely right' philosopher. <br /><br />On the other hand, there is a tension between completely rejecting argumentation (which is silly, too) to trying to rely on just argumentation (or, rather, to become someone who just loves doxa). <br /><br />Do we find this 'middle ground' via a 'right ordering of the soul', as Plato would put it - aligning ourselves with the Divine - or do we get it through experience and practice? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053155617490357148noreply@blogger.com