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Hey guys. I'm starting on Plato in school next Monday, and i know close to nothing about him. It's a big flaw, i know, just really never got into greek philosophy even though i know it influenced most modern.

Anyway, someone mind saying anything clever about him? Dont care much about the objective bs i can find on wikipedia, would rather hear some possible critique etc.

>> No.3674152

>objective bs
>someone mind saying anything clever about him
i swear, the biggest fucking idiots on earth get into philosophy.
enjoy your superficial grasp and innumerable misinterpretations of the greek backbone.

>> No.3674196

>>3674152
Yes, i knew the "objective bs" wording was hasty, but i merely ment the "hard facts" (date of birth, name of the works, timeline, etc).

Don't get me wrong, i respect the ancient philosophies, i just never found it interesting compared to the modern literature i enjoy.

>> No.3674536

Don't read the washed out books that show him only as a "rational man".

Read the complete story. He was a mystical man with religious beliefs. Believed in something similar to reincarnation and he had beliefs in gods.

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>>3674536
>religious beliefs.
>he had beliefs in gods.
>Plato
You make me sick.

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>>3674536

origen is that you?

>> No.3674577

Plato, and his creation, Socrates, is the most important Philosopher in the canon and no one who studies Philosophy will ever admit this.

>> No.3674578

>>3674568
lol'd

>> No.3674582

>>3674577
Because what would we ever do without Forms or philosopher-kings?

(I can not think of one thing Plato ever said that I outright agreed with. He's only ever had value in figuring how to think.)

>> No.3674592

>>3674582
Which is exactly the point.

Philosophy is more about the power of thought processes and less about actual conclusions, as useful as they can be.

>> No.3674597

>>3674582
>(I can not think of one thing Plato ever said that I outright agreed with. He's only ever had value in figuring how to think.)

And you view that as a bad thing

>> No.3674620

>>3674577
>in the canon

lol

>> No.3674622

>>3674592
It is?

Funny, I thought and still think the exact opposite.