tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106925.post2492974681127640987..comments2023-08-17T03:05:02.839-07:00Comments on Hansoniana: NeoplatonismHansoniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923252243145577491noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106925.post-48751018604597182752007-12-16T16:30:00.000-08:002007-12-16T16:30:00.000-08:00Aristotle used Plato in his apologetics; like Augu...Aristotle used Plato in his apologetics; like Augustine wrote about the Manicheans. Geesh, many I believe are the cryptocalvinists who would have everyone believe in Bigfoot - because if you believe that than any math works - cryptos undermine democracy with their sick ideas about purifying races through breeding. Social democrats are basically neoplatonists. Its a form of social caste - the society of a neoplatonist looks more like a beehive. Aquinas would be turning over in his grave, to think he was being compared with a Utopian like Plato. Locke might be more helpful if you ever hope to understand Aquinas. You might wish for a world ruled by Aquinas, but the reality is more like Plato or St Augustine. Take Loyola or UnivChicago for instance, they definitely have a Moody stench. Adler should be enthroned in the Lazaronni masonic hotel along with Lysenko and that anti-semitic charlatan Blavatsky. Biggest hucksters of the American people. Are you in the circle or out of the circle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106925.post-34197802275866318112007-12-16T14:22:00.000-08:002007-12-16T14:22:00.000-08:00Aristotle and Aquinas loathed Plato. Ask Locke or ...Aristotle and Aquinas loathed Plato. Ask Locke or Bacon and they'll give it to you straight. Augustine was beaten by his Greek teacher - tells you something of the sort of schools we have now - neoplatonists have one category for bastards - everyone but themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106925.post-52071414062184610462007-01-29T10:52:00.000-08:002007-01-29T10:52:00.000-08:00Jamie -
So how are these books, really? I assume...Jamie -<br /><br />So how are these books, really? I assume you find them valuable since you've bought three of the four volumes. Would I enjoy reading him? How is his Latin? Would you e-mail me and let me know more of what you think about them?Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523309208504942115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106925.post-62268135165915547372006-12-21T05:33:00.000-08:002006-12-21T05:33:00.000-08:00Aristotle was certainly influenced by Plato: Arist...Aristotle was certainly influenced by Plato: Aristotle's greatness is a reflection of the teacher's greatness. But Aristotle did have serious problems with Plato's conception of forms. The form of horse cannot exist apart from actual horses unless it be in an intellect.<br /><br />The two had real disagreements: that's exciting and don't settle for less.Hansoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923252243145577491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106925.post-53871595295789399752006-12-20T11:54:00.000-08:002006-12-20T11:54:00.000-08:00but wasn't Aristotle really just a Platonist?
*lo...but wasn't Aristotle really just a Platonist?<br /><br />*looks innocent*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106925.post-80560799789913677302006-12-20T09:08:00.000-08:002006-12-20T09:08:00.000-08:00A point well made, in my opinion. Isn't Pseudo-Dio...A point well made, in my opinion. Isn't Pseudo-Dionysius (a "Platonic" thinker) the most frequently quoted author in the Summa? And then there is the Summa's structure: exitus and reditus.<br /><br />If calling Aquinas "Neoplatonic" is overstating the case, I still think it's helpful to tug peoples' minds away from the simple identification of Thomas as "Aristotelian."Hansoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923252243145577491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106925.post-89202491656789294572006-12-20T08:51:00.000-08:002006-12-20T08:51:00.000-08:00Many, I believe, would say that Aquinas himself is...Many, I believe, would say that Aquinas himself is a sort of neo-Platonist.Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02901160180465142954noreply@blogger.com