@bornwithatail_ @Meaningness @sarahdoingthing More like Plato actually.
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@Jayarava@bornwithatail_@sarahdoingthing Hmm… I strongly reject the Platonic conception of material objects being shadows of Ideal Forms1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@bornwithatail_@sarahdoingthing Yes, but read the quote from Timaeus via Sedley: "the sensible world is gignomenon"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava@bornwithatail_@sarahdoingthing Plato’s point here is that the physical world as defective because it is changeable; I disagree2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@bornwithatail_@sarahdoingthing With which bit?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava@bornwithatail_@sarahdoingthing Well, that’s his overall view. I think that’s what’s going on in “always becoming but never is”;1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Jayarava@bornwithatail_@sarahdoingthing ; however I haven’t read the context to be certain.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava@bornwithatail_@sarahdoingthing The Greeks were hung up on “existence” is a useless way, going back to Thales; distorts everythin2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@bornwithatail_@sarahdoingthing Agreed. We should switch to a Buddhist mode of discourse :-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava@bornwithatail_@sarahdoingthing Unfortunately Buddhist metaphysics is also hung up on this existence/non-existence stuff.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Jayarava @bornwithatail_ @sarahdoingthing I think it’s a colossal red herring: http://meaningness.com/existence-scarlet-leviathan …
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