Month: February 2026
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Plato, Timaeus
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Timaeus 28b–c: What is Plato’s argument that there is a “maker and father of this universe of ours”?
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Timaeus 27d–28b: Why suppose the objects of sensation do not really have “being”?
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On genuine neutrality versus enforced consensus
There is a very serious problem about what goes under the title “consensus” in Wikipedia. Does not the very fact that a supposed consensus can represent a single, controversial position, and that it needs enforcement, suggest that it is not really consensus at all—and that the enforced position is not, in fact, neutral?
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Timaeus 27d–28a: How does Plato distinguish between being and becoming?
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Timaeus 26e–28a: What relationship, if any, is there between the speeches by Critias and Timaeus?
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Timaeus 21d–26e: How well does Critias’ story of prehistoric Athens actually illustrate Socrates’ ideal city?
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Timaeus 19b–26e: What is the point of Critias’ long speech?
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Timaeus 17b–19a: Does the description of the previous day’s conversation suggest it was that of the Republic?
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For Pardon
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