The attitude reminds me of Callicles contra Socrates in *Gorgias*: "Philosophy's all well and good when you're young, but anyone who continues to do it after that deserves a beating!"
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Just so I don't misunderstand: you dont' care enough to debate the truth of those propositions? I'm just confused because although I don't know your views on the first, about the second you seemed to care a lot yesterday.
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I am not interested in this conversation anymore, thank you. I tried discussing it. It was pointless & frustrating as I was warned it would be. I don't want to do it again. But thank you.
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You're welcome. I won't hide my disappointment. I thought we could have a lively and informed debate about things that we both care a great deal about. But I linked you to the essay I wrote for
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I am all Plato'd out, tbh. I find your approach very tedious indeed. Please link the essay again. I seem to have lost it.
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There's no Platonism in the first part (of either of my recent braces for
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I can't see how it addresses our argument, tbh. Just some rather facile definitions of modernism.
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It presents some criticisms of modernism. Some are postmodern, some are Darwinian. I advanced them all as sound. I would think a champion of modernism would want to rebut them. That's why I thought we could have a lively and informed debate.
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Thank you but I don't find this at all interesting.
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