(November 18, 2016 at 10:48 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote:(November 18, 2016 at 10:40 am)FallentoReason Wrote: All I mean by that is that I think you're not giving it the proper time of day. There's a reason why it gets taught, and it's not because of authority.
That was about your saying Plato is likely to be right because he's revered.
And the subtlety you missed is that maybe he's only revered because there's some truth to get out of him. Truth never goes out of fashion.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle