tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.comments2023-05-09T06:12:16.232-04:00The Soul WanderersMary-Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15347097156805587943noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-4774103870229623912018-05-03T14:27:24.406-04:002018-05-03T14:27:24.406-04:00This is great, thank you! This is great, thank you! Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927605963222980532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-44718397985461060572018-04-18T03:19:39.885-04:002018-04-18T03:19:39.885-04:00It is really inspirational. Good work It is really inspirational. Good work Surhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144915777485592546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-809907845651566462018-01-24T12:09:36.469-05:002018-01-24T12:09:36.469-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.-https://www.blogger.com/profile/03356987106776509913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-21515081976215173582018-01-24T11:57:09.272-05:002018-01-24T11:57:09.272-05:00If you're interested in learning more, I'd...If you're interested in learning more, I'd highly suggest the book I quoted from: there's a lot more in there and it's all really well written :)Mary-Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347097156805587943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-8913199384902939182017-09-18T21:38:50.458-04:002017-09-18T21:38:50.458-04:00I had never heard of this book! Thank you for thi...I had never heard of this book! Thank you for this fantastic review...now I'd love to read the book!Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927605963222980532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-55327161044899243582017-07-05T11:47:00.175-04:002017-07-05T11:47:00.175-04:00Hi Jim, from a Neoplatonic point of view, I think ...Hi Jim, from a Neoplatonic point of view, I think it definitely makes sense that cells have some sort of protosoul, because they are all derived from higher principles that exist in Soul. The body would have its own "soul" composed of all its cells that function together, a lower kind of soul to the soul that governs the body overall from Soul. That's my take on it anyway.<br /><br />Mary-JeanMary-Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347097156805587943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-27662737438163965772017-07-05T09:12:16.274-04:002017-07-05T09:12:16.274-04:00Interesting article. I often think about how the a...Interesting article. I often think about how the ancients, like Plato viewed the body as being physical and separate from the mind and soul. However, science has since discovered the cell, which are the living entities that constitute our bodies. Our bodies themselves were never really physical in the sense that they are composed of matter, strictly speaking. We still don't understand where the first cell came from and how it manages to behave as if it can "think". <br /><br />Our bodies are a collective of other living things! Each cell has some sort of guiding principle, rule, law, that makes life itself possible. It has access to the same higher truths as our minds/souls. That would make our soul a sort of collective, or higher state of those that exist at the cellular level. It is like they have some sort of protosoul. <br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br />JimJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406897571235668318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-72204444922197355002017-05-24T00:33:37.823-04:002017-05-24T00:33:37.823-04:00I could at one time not see what the authors of an...I could at one time not see what the authors of ancient Indian philosophy were saying but today a reading of modern physics gives me a scientific approach to these ideas.truth and true science are not far from each other.In this area the book to read is "The Holographic Universe" by Michael Talbot.An eye opener!XEXOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03267332931511082116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-15301373899214590922017-04-04T09:12:13.135-04:002017-04-04T09:12:13.135-04:00Very cool discussion! Thanks!Very cool discussion! Thanks!Chickadee Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646292821868940767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-67410372653152138172017-03-24T20:52:30.351-04:002017-03-24T20:52:30.351-04:00Thanks, Lev, that's a good point. I should hav...Thanks, Lev, that's a good point. I should have been clearer with what I meant by "Plato" (I was talking about realism in particular that conceives the universe as a unity and hierarchy).Mary-Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347097156805587943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-8037977288474442312017-03-24T19:18:30.369-04:002017-03-24T19:18:30.369-04:00I saw this essay on the Platonism fb group and wan...I saw this essay on the Platonism fb group and wanted to express my appreciation.<br /><br />Also, perhaps of note, I think there's a small but important technicality that was overlooked. I seem to find conflations the two very different senses of Platonism, which leads to interesting inaccuracies. For example, earlier in the text, there's a reference to Platonism in its current sense of *mathematical realism*. That makes the statement, "Realism is a form of Platonism.... Therefore, Platonism is true," somewhat confusing. If by Platonism is meant Realism, then it's a tautology, and if it is Plato's religion, then (without further justifications) only the reverse is true.<br /><br />In the same vein, the concluding remark that, "Plato is physics, and physics, Plato" is not quite true unless by "Plato" you mean mathematical realism. Otherwise, physics didn't start until Christian and Muslim scholars began to study the material world. Ancient Platonists and Plato himself very ostentatiously did not care about physics as we think of it. They were pure mathematicians. It took a thousand years of mathematics for John Philoponus to challenge the patently obvious fallacies of ancient physics by overturning the metaphysic of the world as a living, thinking creature and at the same time a second-rate copy of the pure ideas, mere shadow on the wall. A Christian Academician, Philoponus initiated the view, soon adopted by the Abassids, that things move in accordance with a divine law, established at the creation of the world. That made metaphysics not only much closer to what we think of as Platonism in our day but also more admirable, meaning that studying the material world was now of high spiritual value.<br /><br />Anyway, this is an intriguing topic, and I think you gave a great overview with awesome quotes and pictures.<br /><br />- LevAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798248163025663684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-25003298070769321222017-03-22T18:25:44.706-04:002017-03-22T18:25:44.706-04:00Thanks! :)Thanks! :)Mary-Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347097156805587943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-33284418897539839352017-03-22T16:48:18.871-04:002017-03-22T16:48:18.871-04:00Well done; keep up the Good work!Well done; keep up the Good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-86309794478945825402017-03-19T10:49:46.784-04:002017-03-19T10:49:46.784-04:00Devin De Long, thank you :)Devin De Long, thank you :)Mary-Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347097156805587943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-42397041080173449472017-02-11T14:31:32.768-05:002017-02-11T14:31:32.768-05:00agree!
you have it, then you don't, then you b...agree!<br />you have it, then you don't, then you backtrack, then...I'm sure the thread all comes together eventually. Embracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09846174581768791523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-36446968826251949602017-02-10T21:51:20.093-05:002017-02-10T21:51:20.093-05:00Super interesting, and very complex.
I think it ne...Super interesting, and very complex.<br />I think it needs a second reading to understand, or start to understand!Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927605963222980532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-82594641298948466192017-02-04T07:51:37.731-05:002017-02-04T07:51:37.731-05:00I apologise for correcting you, but it's a rat...I apologise for correcting you, but it's a rather open secret that the books attributed to Epictetus were in fact not written by him, but recorded by Lucius Flavius Arrianus, who was one of his students, choosing to make his teachings available to history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arriantibfulvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547138779189558890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-75974604120046031622017-01-22T14:38:31.173-05:002017-01-22T14:38:31.173-05:00Echoing Chickadee Mom! Super summary, and I also ...Echoing Chickadee Mom! Super summary, and I also STRIVE for this!Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927605963222980532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-16792617659661645592017-01-20T21:11:27.052-05:002017-01-20T21:11:27.052-05:00What a fascinating review!
What a fascinating review!<br />Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927605963222980532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-49125549524935517892016-12-27T12:00:16.439-05:002016-12-27T12:00:16.439-05:00How interesting this is!
I always assumed that X...How interesting this is! <br />I always assumed that Xmas was just a lazy way of writing Christmas, but the real meaning is intriguing.Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927605963222980532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-44327601885096914142016-11-13T21:17:10.824-05:002016-11-13T21:17:10.824-05:00I loved the movie Dr. Strange and appreciate your ...I loved the movie Dr. Strange and appreciate your shared insights to help explain where many of the concepts in the movie are coming from.<br />:)Chickadee Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646292821868940767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-41554084621478952102016-08-15T21:14:55.380-04:002016-08-15T21:14:55.380-04:00The Eight Immortals are cool! The painting is int...The Eight Immortals are cool! The painting is interesting... 3 of them are women, and one of the women seems to be just arriving, riding, is it a crane? How intriguing. Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927605963222980532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-92030901324041254352016-08-11T17:12:15.789-04:002016-08-11T17:12:15.789-04:00Wow, this is very cool, and calming, somehow.
Wow, this is very cool, and calming, somehow.<br />Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927605963222980532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-28319164948614517322016-08-07T13:16:13.618-04:002016-08-07T13:16:13.618-04:00Fascinating! :)Fascinating! :)Chickadee Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646292821868940767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375941202819824520.post-21718087751760206572016-06-05T07:40:01.499-04:002016-06-05T07:40:01.499-04:00This is a wonderful summary about Stocism! Certai...This is a wonderful summary about Stocism! Certainly this is a philosophy that I strive for. Note the word 'strive'. :)Chickadee Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646292821868940767noreply@blogger.com