The interesting thread

Relek · 11-04-2006, 01:00 PM

This thread is for dropping any historical, philosophical, sociological and scientififc points/facts of interest. I'll start off with something simple:

The concept of finding THE truth in christianity was originally created by Plato, a Greek philosopher, which is why christianity is reffered to as "Plato for the masses"

lumi · 11-04-2006, 01:45 PM

How did Plato come up with finding the truth in Christianity when he died long before Christianity started?

Spiwak · 11-04-2006, 02:01 PM

Can you elaborate on that, Relek? Seems interesting but I'm afraid I don't get it.

Relek · 11-04-2006, 02:42 PM

Her'es the wiki on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism

And if you search wiki for christianity you will find that christianity did adopt neoplatonism.

Also, I worded my first post wrong, I didn't mean finding the truth IN christianity, I meant the christian belief in one truth.

Gordon Bennett · 11-04-2006, 04:14 PM

It's true. In very brief, Plato had the idea that physical reality is merely a shadow of a pure, abstract ideal. The Neoplatonists applied this concept to Christianity, defining that ideal as God.

That's the reason that Christian monasteries were often built in remote locations. Itwas to prevent the world from distracting the monks from focusing on God.

The Aristotelian view was the reverse, that truth was found by rational study of nature. The rediscovery of this in the late Middle Ages turned out to be quite revolutionary.

Squinky · 11-05-2006, 12:29 AM

Aristotle was a misogynist.

Maquisard · 11-05-2006, 03:07 AM

So is Borat, but we still admire him.

rlpw · 11-05-2006, 05:46 AM

Aww ye gotta love Borat!!

quote:' Every Englishman must have a hobby. Some like to collect the stamp, some like to make the jam, but the most fun is to a kill a little animal with a shotgun or rip them up with wild dog.'

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Relek Sensei Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Britain Posts: 291	The interesting thread This thread is for dropping any historical, philosophical, sociological and scientififc points/facts of interest. I'll start off with something simple: The concept of finding THE truth in christianity was originally created by Plato, a Greek philosopher, which is why christianity is reffered to as "Plato for the masses" Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Lovely partaaay.......pity I wasn't invited

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Relek Sensei Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Britain Posts: 291	Her'es the wiki on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism And if you search wiki for christianity you will find that christianity did adopt neoplatonism. Also, I worded my first post wrong, I didn't mean finding the truth IN christianity, I meant the christian belief in one truth. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Lovely partaaay.......pity I wasn't invited

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Gordon Bennett Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 357	It's true. In very brief, Plato had the idea that physical reality is merely a shadow of a pure, abstract ideal. The Neoplatonists applied this concept to Christianity, defining that ideal as God. That's the reason that Christian monasteries were often built in remote locations. Itwas to prevent the world from distracting the monks from focusing on God. The Aristotelian view was the reverse, that truth was found by rational study of nature. The rediscovery of this in the late Middle Ages turned out to be quite revolutionary. Share Share this post on Twitter

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Squinky Unreliable Narrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	Aristotle was a misogynist. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".

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rlpw Creepy Father Figure Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Dammit! Posts: 5,107	Aww ye gotta love Borat!! quote:' Every Englishman must have a hobby. Some like to collect the stamp, some like to make the jam, but the most fun is to a kill a little animal with a shotgun or rip them up with wild dog.' Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ The Nature Conservancy www.soulpancake.com www.ted.com Twitter

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