“It is near supernatural,” said Simmias, “how true this is, Socrates!” – [66β] This article is the ninth installment of my translation of Plato’s Phaedo. Please read the previous installment before continuing. If you are just jumping in, please begin with my introduction.The body/soul dichotomy is endemic to western philosophical thought and permeates all aspectsContinue reading “Plato’s Phaedo: The Religion of Body/Soul dichotomy (64c- 66b)”
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Plato’s Phaedo: The Sacred Mysteries and the Something that is Death(63e-64d)
This article is the eighth installment of my translation of Plato’s Phaedo. Please read the previous installment before continuing. If you are just jumping in, please begin with my introduction. The next section of this dialogue is designed to show us the nature of truth and its relationship to the initiates of the mysteries. TheContinue reading “Plato’s Phaedo: The Sacred Mysteries and the Something that is Death(63e-64d)”
Plato’s Phaedo: The Legal Ego (63a- 63e)
This article is the seventh installment of my translation of Plato’s Phaedo. Please read the previous installment before continuing. If you are just jumping in, please begin with my introduction. In this section, Plato wants us to see something, specifically, he wants us to see how society is a function of the legal system, andContinue reading “Plato’s Phaedo: The Legal Ego (63a- 63e)”
The whole in the part
Wholeness is latent in all things. Especially within what appears to be chaos. We are able to see the whole hologram with each of its parts. This is a secret that has been long hidden from us. And so, as a result most people work too hard and long to create their lives. This isContinue reading “The whole in the part”
Plato’s Phaedo: In the Beginning, there were two… (59c-60e)
This article is the fourth installment of my translation of Plato’s Phaedo. Please read the previous installment before continuing. If you are just jumping in, please begin with my introduction. The next section of the Phaedo is incredibly dense and confusing. For those of you who are continuing and will continue to read this dialogue,Continue reading “Plato’s Phaedo: In the Beginning, there were two… (59c-60e)”
The Ego Avatar: Your Artificial Soul
ego (n.) by 1707, in metaphysics, “the self; that which feels, acts, or thinks,” from Latin ego “I” (cognate with Old English ic; see I); its use is implied in egoity. They that have pleaded against Propriety, and would have all things common in this World, have forgotten that there is a Propriety, in our present Egoity, and Natural Constitution, which rendereth some accidental Propriety necessary to usContinue reading “The Ego Avatar: Your Artificial Soul”
Soul in the machine 