Comments for Mumblings of a Platonist

Comment on Pictures of the madness by Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:10:49 +0000

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I like looking outside when I sit here typing. :) (And at the moment I sit here a lot, because it’s the most decent sitting and typing surface that I have.)

But! When folks are over there will now be enough room to actually, you know, fit folks around the table for a decent meal. Which will be a nice change. :)

Comment on Pictures of the madness by Kori

Kori — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:23:50 +0000

That would mean she would have to 1) find other chairs to go around it and 2) have to find something else for the cats to lay on so they can look outside. Lol, but I thought the same thing too when I first saw the pics.

Comment on Pictures of the madness by Kate

Kate — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:34:22 +0000

M-dog, you do realize that your kitchen is no large enough for you to move the table away from the wall, right? ;)

Comment on Done! by Mom

Mom — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:18:39 +0000

On Sunday, July 25th, it is supposed to have a high of 102* in Walla Walla… and you just THOUGHT you were getting away from the heat! LOL! Love ya!

Comment on Done! by Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:41:30 +0000

Thanks so much! And good luck as you work on your own dissertation!

Comment on Done! by DNR

DNR — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:39:48 +0000

Do you know what the best line of that post is to a Ph.D. candidate? It was this one: “And, um, I’m really excited that I get to have a real job with a real paycheck. :)” I can’t wait to get a “real” job with a “real” paycheck. Congrats!!!

Comment on The weather by Kate

Kate — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:01:18 +0000

If you’re chucking your cookie cutters I want them :) PS, as soon as I’m off the pain meds I’ll come over and help you pack.

Comment on The weather by Mom

Mom — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:23:16 +0000

picture of haircut please. *smiles* And… if I were there… I’d help you pack.

Comment on Scene from my life at the moment by DNR

DNR — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:44:20 +0000

Congrats on finishing the dissertation and getting a job at Whitman. That’s truly wonderful! I just found your blog today. It’s great! I’ll be sure to visit and comment often. I’m currently finishing my dissertation on Nietzsche and the Greeks. I’m planning (?) on turning it in at the end of September. At the very least, I have at least 160 more pages to write. Finally, as you already know, Plato rocks!

Comment on A post mostly for my own benefit by Aristocles

Aristocles — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:35:02 +0000

Surely you must have realized that I’d reply! And as long as you assume that the Eleatic Stranger equals Plato, you will continue (thank God!) to be bedeviled by this kind of problem. Why not assume that the man who makes Socrates–whom you KNOW is a philosopher–is the real sophist, and by no means necessarily a noble one? Plato is testing YOU to see if you will be fooled into thinking that the ES, the AS, and Timaeus are HIM. I keep responding to you because I have seen from the first that you at least DOUBT these equations; this is a real achievement in the anti-Platonic environment in which we currently operate! My current work is on Timaeus, a dialogue which deconstructs itself much more easily thanks to the analogy with Parmenides’ “Way of Opinion.” Once you have deconstructed Timaeus, it’s much easier to see that Plato keeps faith with Parmenides and tests your ontology with the ES in Sophist (he tests your justice in Statesman). And of course Plato doesn’t allow the Philosopher to be discussed/desecrated by the ES. Consider with care Republic 534b8-d1. The ES is some kind of EIDOLON (534c5) and the tradition’s equation ES=Plato rests on OPINION NOT KNOWLEDGE (534c6). Don’t dream your way into philosophical oblivion: cleave to the IDEA OF THE GOOD (534c1)! Have you read Catherine Zuckert’s book? She’s on the right track with the ES and she should be on your bibliography in any case.