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5293557 No.5293557[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

I read plato republic.
But this logic is flawed.
Who really reads this shit and takes truth from it??

>And do you think, my excellent friend, that a musician when he adjusts
the lyre would desire or claim to exceed or go beyond a musician in
the tightening and loosening the strings?

>I do not think that he would.

uuhhhh what

>> No.5293563

>>5293557
>But this logic is flawed.
>Who really reads this shit and takes truth from it??
read more

>> No.5293595

>tuning an instrument has a low skill cap

What's wrong with that?

>> No.5293610

>>5293595
oh wait, now i understand it, thanks. doesn't fix the debate still, after re-reading it

>>5293563
bah, thats what people always say, but yeah its true on classical music so why not on classical literature. and beer. it tastes bad the first time. and sex.

>> No.5293615

>truth

ayy lmao

>> No.5293621

>>5293615
philosophy = art of seeking the truth

>> No.5293622

what do you mean OP that passage is both very simple and makes perfect sense

>> No.5293627

>>5293622
yeah i read it wrong, thought it meant like
>musician doesnt seek to be better than musician

>> No.5293629

>>5293621

philosophy is working through schemes to see which ones best fit real experience

>> No.5293634

>>5293629
no its art of seeking the truth
see >>5293621

>> No.5293674

>>5293621
No, it's about wisdom. Part of wisdom is not getting hung up on problematic notions of truth.

>> No.5293825

>>5293557

Are You Starting With The Greeks(TM)?

>> No.5294375

>>5293621
>art of seeking the truth

take a look at this faggot

>> No.5294385

>>5293621
somebody does not know ancient greek

fucking pleb

>> No.5294387

>>5293557
>Who really reads this shit and takes truth from it??
You don't read for "truth", you fucking idiot. You read for arguments and concepts.

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5294390

>>5293621
philosophy = creation of concepts

>> No.5295349

>>5293621
>philosophy
is raising questions that weren't even there in the first place

>> No.5296758

>>5293629
you are a very pessimist man