(November 3, 2018 at 6:19 am)Belaqua Wrote: Well, maybe we ought to do a thread on Plato's God, I don't know. You'd be good at it, and maybe we owe it to Jormungandr.
As I mentioned before, life has me busy these days, and I might not be able to contribute regularly. But it seems like something that ought to be tackled.
In addition, it's a fascinating topic to see how the Neoplatonic guys fed into Christian theology. Plotinus, for example was a great genius -- the first ever to posit that people have subconscious parts of their minds. So there's pretty much nothing more interesting.
But it's up to you... If you're willing to take the snark that people will give you for it.
This thing is, I'm ill-prepared to argue on Plato's behalf as far as this goes. I feel like I'd want to read Timaeus before undertaking such a task. The only argument I feel confident in making to this end is that (given his propensity toward employing myth and allegory) it is unwise to approach him too literally on a given matter--and I've said as much already.
That being said, I've dipped into some of Plato's Late works and found them rather difficult and dissatisfying. I'm much more a fan of the Early/Middle period writings, with (surprise!) the Republic being my most favorite. (The Symposium and Phaedrus are my second and third favorites respectively.) That probably indicates 1) what I like about Plato to start with and 2) the amount of interest I have in the Late works.
