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Anonymous Thu Sep 19 13:51:47 2019 No.13846569 [Reply] [Original]

>our senses are flawed and our mind, which is closer to God than our physical bodies, shows to us the true existence
>memory is in fact seeing how objects and things truly are

This lad is lowkey blowing my mind

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 13:53:01 2019 No.13846576 >>13846569 But that's wrong.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:34:57 2019 No.13846803 >>13846576 In what sense?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:37:41 2019 No.13846817 >>13846576 >t.unrepentant sinner

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:42:32 2019 No.13846843 >>13846569 >our senses are flawed and our mind, which is closer to God than our physical bodies Full quote?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:45:46 2019 No.13846858 >>13846843 I’m summarising. These themes are found in chapter X.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:47:01 2019 No.13846863 File: 51 KB, 606x639, FullSizeRender-14.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13846569 >memory is in fact seeing how objects and things truly are

Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:53:48 2019 No.13846890

>everyone desires happiness
>every person will tell you that they desire this
>this desire for happiness is in fact the memory of a state of existence before the event which caused the fall of man
>the mind already knows everything, learning is merely reminding it of its knowledge

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:57:54 2019 No.13846906 >>13846890 He's not a platonist

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:58:07 2019 No.13846907 >>13846890 whoa it's like christianity is basically platonism

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:58:37 2019 No.13846910 >>13846906 A neoplatonist Explain to me what you mean

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:59:09 2019 No.13846911 File: 48 KB, 490x490, 1432117984476.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13846906 >augustine isn't a platonist lmao he was literally converted to christianity by reading plotinus

Anonymous Thu Sep 19 15:00:42 2019 No.13846915

>>13846569
Don't think you're reading him exactly right. Pretty sure he doesn't put forward memory as a true sight. Also, his forays into things like memory and perception are only the preamble to more significant conclusions about the nature of God and our relationship to him.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 15:11:45 2019 No.13846954 >>13846569 >He skipped Plato korai_gelontai.kybris

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 15:14:09 2019 No.13846963 >>13846915 Book 10.18 he says this specific thing.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 15:21:58 2019 No.13846999 >>13846817 Kek.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 15:23:08 2019 No.13847005 >>13846999 .keK

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