We are now approaching the fundamental part of this long and seemingly difficult to understand dialogue. And it all hinges around how we variously view the world. Some of us see only what we can perceive with the senses and believe this to be true. However true being is on another level and is not […]
By Peter Worman We continue our investigation into being and not being, the corresponding subject of movement and rest and in the process, to fully understand the role of the Sophist and the Philosopher. Furthermore, we will also consider the division of things to see how one form pervading a scattered multitude, and many different […]
By Peter Worman Last week we spoke about how the Sophist weaves his magic over his audience and how he beguiles people into believing what he says. The Stranger and Theaetethus agreed that the art used by the Sophist was his use of the imitative process and they, as before, decided to divide the imitative […]
Last week we discussed the art of purification of the soul so that it can best be able to comprehend the truth. And the art put forward was the art of question and answer using a process called dialectic. We might ask why this is necessary in this modern world, but I would proffer that […]
