Comments for Meet Me There http://meetmethere.wordpress.com ...further up and further in Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:53:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Socrates’ Defense by For Prez '24 http://meetmethere.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/socrates-defense/#comment-107 For Prez '24 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:36:44 +0000 http://meetmethere.wordpress.com/?p=268#comment-107 You are certainly free to draw parallels to Christianity, most people consider Socrates' virtue in facing death second to only one other. However I would agree that such ideas are not merely Christian in origin. Buddhism and Hindu both teach that the goal is to awaken yourself and others from the illusion of duality (Parallel being the illusion, the children of Abraham aren't so big on stepping out of duality except to say the god [and demons/angels/spirit] is above it). There is some debate if Socrates truly was as Plato recalls. Its hard to be certain if much or little is known of him. Socrates is thought to follow the basic tenants of Orphism but abandoned much of the ritual and superstition. He held that the sun and moon were rock and earth which was definitely odd for those days when they were still thought of as gods, but I don't believe he was the first to suggest it. He was claimed to have been led by an oracle or "daimon" but if it was an actual voice or just conscience, we don't know. There are a few accounts of him slipping into cataleptic trances. Socrates and Plato held a close connection between knowledge and virtue which is a general feeling of Greek ethics they took maybe a step or two further than most. Christian ethics is thought to be found in both the wise and ignorant though so there is a bit of a difference. Russell's History of Western Philosophy is a great book for tracing the development of thought. Seeing how Christianity arose out of the Jewish religion, the ideas that influenced and infused both along side relevant history. www.QuestioCunctus.com You are certainly free to draw parallels to Christianity, most people consider Socrates’ virtue in facing death second to only one other. However I would agree that such ideas are not merely Christian in origin. Buddhism and Hindu both teach that the goal is to awaken yourself and others from the illusion of duality (Parallel being the illusion, the children of Abraham aren’t so big on stepping out of duality except to say the god [and demons/angels/spirit] is above it).

There is some debate if Socrates truly was as Plato recalls. Its hard to be certain if much or little is known of him. Socrates is thought to follow the basic tenants of Orphism but abandoned much of the ritual and superstition. He held that the sun and moon were rock and earth which was definitely odd for those days when they were still thought of as gods, but I don’t believe he was the first to suggest it. He was claimed to have been led by an oracle or “daimon” but if it was an actual voice or just conscience, we don’t know. There are a few accounts of him slipping into cataleptic trances.

Socrates and Plato held a close connection between knowledge and virtue which is a general feeling of Greek ethics they took maybe a step or two further than most. Christian ethics is thought to be found in both the wise and ignorant though so there is a bit of a difference.

Russell’s History of Western Philosophy is a great book for tracing the development of thought. Seeing how Christianity arose out of the Jewish religion, the ideas that influenced and infused both along side relevant history.
http://www.QuestioCunctus.com

]]> Comment on Photos: To and At the Campsite by glennal http://meetmethere.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/photos-campsite/#comment-100 glennal Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:01:06 +0000 http://meetmethere.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-100 I've never been camping in California, although I'd like to one day. Here are some resources for finding a spot: <a href="http://www.nps.gov/state/ca/" rel="nofollow">National Park Service - California Parks</a> <a href="http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/ca/ca.htm" rel="nofollow">GORP - California Destinations</a> I’ve never been camping in California, although I’d like to one day. Here are some resources for finding a spot:

National Park Service – California Parks

GORP – California Destinations

]]> Comment on Photos: To and At the Campsite by David http://meetmethere.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/photos-campsite/#comment-99 David Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:51:13 +0000 http://meetmethere.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-99 Nice blog. I vowed to go camping or hiking this summer. Can you recommend any places in Southern California or Northern ? Nice blog. I vowed to go camping or hiking this summer. Can you recommend any places in Southern California or Northern ?

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