“There Pericles says that the essence of the Athenian democracy is that any citizen, regardless of class or profession, should be able to take over any governmental office and execute it properly and wisely with the good of his fellow… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
It is ... possible to read Plato as if he were only discussing reason and not mystical intuition in his writings but ... in… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
Many modern scholars have found the asceticism expressed in Plato unacceptable; it does not sound like the advice of a reasonable man in the… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
Art's primary social function is to define the communal self, which includes redefining it when the community is changing. — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
Plato feels that ethical abstinences and austerities are essential preconditions for the cleansing and opening of the eye of the soul. — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
In the Republic Plato presents a theory of personality. ... He speaks of three faculties, the appetitive, the ambitious, and the rational. ... The… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
“The European reception of Greek philosophy has been dominated by a model in which Plato and Aristotle are seen as the centers and others… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
“Lyotard remarked that post-Modern artists often function as philosophers. They may deal with issues of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, as many influential critics today… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
“There Pericles says that the essence of the Athenian democracy is that any citizen, regardless of class or profession, should be able to take… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
To Plato the desire for excessive and special foods ... is a hindrance to the soul's attainment of intelligence. — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
