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Tom Dill
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I personally prefer the Socratic style 🙂 But regardless of method, I truly appreciate the pace of these posts. It allows me…
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Ben Nitu
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Good thoughts, Tom. Does that mean, hypothetically, that if he would've chosen not to bring order, he would not have been considered…
March 10, 2026 – 11:24 pm
Tom Dill
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"Compelled by his goodness" seems to me like a pretty good summary of Timaeus' explanation. "He was good and the good can…
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Tom Dill
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Qualities like eternality, power, and intelligence seem inherent to the very idea of a Demiurge, but drawing conclusions about his goodness and…
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Ben Nitu
In: Timaeus 29d–30b: What work does the assumption of the Demiurge’s good…
I know one of the trickiest philosophical questions out there why does anything exist at all. Does Plato argue that the Maker…

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