An interesting video, but I am not convinced there is a position one could call "Platonist", nor do I believe it is possible anymore to be a Platonist, assuming such a designation could be comprehensively described. Does a "Platonist" embrace a set of theories, or is the designation a characterization of a certain methodology? Fundamentally, is a Platonist skeptical of his or her own most cherished views? Click HERE for an off-the-cuff impressionistic response to the Platonic worldview, then click HERE for more directly argued concerns that will point to our inability to be Platonists in any "defined" sense.
We might ask ourselves, "Was Plato a Platonist?" Or, if this is unsatisfactory, we should ask, "Were he alive today, would Plato revise (indeed overturn) many of his proposals (assuming of course his proposals weren't already subject to his own strict review and revision 2500 years ago)?" Hmm. Also: "Does Dr Corrias too easily conflate Plato with the ideas of others, for example Plotinus?"
And so on.
Meanwhile, we have other Platonic considerations in need of Highbrow treatment:
Political musings, HERE.
A possible Miltonic "teleology" of love and marriage, HERE.
Plato is of course fascinating, but let's keep in mind this "proviso" from St. Augustine:
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: 'Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
These are wonderful topics. More in this vein? Please click HERE.
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