(November 28, 2017 at 12:24 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 28, 2017 at 12:19 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Plato seems to have fictionalized Socrates to present his own philosophy.Wouldn;t be the last time somebody pulled that trick, either.
Quote:And I really find it difficult to call any from of Platonism atheistic given its close association with mysticism.
Anything that does not reference a god in justification is "atheistic" by any sensible description. If value can be derived by reason and careful discernment then whatever value is derived by this is "atheistic"...but it's available to atheists, and theists, and mystics alike.
Pretty ironic coming from you since you deny anything that has even a whiff of Platonism. That's okay. I'm used to your arguments of convenience. Anyways, I don't see how it is even possible to differentiate between Plato's notion of "The Good" and the being demonstrated in Aquinas's 4th W, the gradations of perfection. But suit yourself. Integrity never was your strong suit.
