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by Hamilton
December 7th, 2011, 12:37 am
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Topic: Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math
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Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math

<r>[L]=5. Influence]<URL url="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plotinus/#5">http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plotinus/#5</URL>[/L]QuotePorphyry's edition of Plotinus' Enneads preserved for posterity the works of the leading Platonic interpreter of antiquity. Through these works as well as through ...
by Hamilton
December 7th, 2011, 12:33 am
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Topic: Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math
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Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math

or learn ancient Greek, the thinking man's alternative.That would be Attic Greek, I'm afraid.
by Hamilton
December 6th, 2011, 9:17 pm
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Topic: Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math
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Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math

Oh, forgot to add, before I run, Richard McKirihan's Philosophy Before Socrates is fresh out in a 2nd edition from Hackett Publishing.I just got it on my Kindle, and its even better than the first one.Adios.
by Hamilton
December 6th, 2011, 9:12 pm
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Topic: Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math
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Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math

<t>Even your words about Plato's words are a derivative, perhaps a blunt and clumsy one at that.Plato's works are originally written in Greek, hence talking about Plato's "original words" doesn't mean a lot unless you have a fairly heftyconcordance handy. There is also a major difference between the...
by Hamilton
December 6th, 2011, 6:20 pm
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Topic: Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math
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Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math

QuoteOriginally posted by: quantmehPlato's junk. that's what i've learn from three grad level courses on PhilosophyYour omniscience is most impressive. Perhaps you could enlighten our tiny minds.
by Hamilton
December 6th, 2011, 6:13 pm
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Topic: Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math
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Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math

Also, why is this thread quoting from Wikipedia and not the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy?Standards have really fallen in my absence.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
by Hamilton
December 6th, 2011, 5:58 pm
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Topic: Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math
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Platonic Ideals - A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and Math

That depends.In what sense are you referring to Form, and what are the circumstances?
by Hamilton
December 6th, 2011, 4:54 am
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Topic: ~Trackstar's blog ~
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~Trackstar's blog ~

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarHappy Holidays to you too, Hamilton!That picture should be crossposted to this thread as well: Platonic Ideals: A Symposium on Truth, Beauty, Love and MathConsider it done.
by Hamilton
December 5th, 2011, 10:57 pm
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~Trackstar's blog ~

by Hamilton
November 24th, 2011, 9:34 pm
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Topic: The Black Swan and the White Page - A Collaborative Screenplay
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The Black Swan and the White Page - A Collaborative Screenplay

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarQuoteOriginally posted by: HamiltonQuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarThat's not what they say about you on the men's room wall here.They say that you refuse to pose in anything else.What do they say on the women's room wall here?None of the women I know here ...
by Hamilton
November 24th, 2011, 3:20 pm
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Topic: The Black Swan and the White Page - A Collaborative Screenplay
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The Black Swan and the White Page - A Collaborative Screenplay

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarThat's not what they say about you on the men's room wall here.They say that you refuse to pose in anything else.What do they say on the women's room wall here?
by Hamilton
November 24th, 2011, 2:31 am
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Topic: The Black Swan and the White Page - A Collaborative Screenplay
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The Black Swan and the White Page - A Collaborative Screenplay

I refuse to pose in women's lingerie.
by Hamilton
November 29th, 2010, 2:48 am
Forum: Forum and Website Bugs and Suggestions
Topic: Farewell
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Farewell

So far as I know, my private message archive is empty.
by Hamilton
November 25th, 2010, 1:30 am
Forum: Forum and Website Bugs and Suggestions
Topic: Farewell
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Farewell

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperI hope this is au revoir and not adieuWhat do you believe is the difference?