Category Archives: Plato

What’s in a Name?

Posted on August 22, 2009 by PlatoHagel

The aim of dialogue in the academy is not merely to just state or assert one’s opinion. Simply asserting one’s opinion to one another has more in common with two dogs barking at each another than two people engaging in … Continue reading →

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Let no one destitute of geometry enter my doors.

Posted on July 2, 2009 by PlatoHagel

“Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. Albert Einstein“ Some ruminations seem to settle in my mind, yet held by a wanting of scientific principal and treaty? Where in such a misinterpretation materialized that I could have … Continue reading →

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Oh Dear!… How Technology has Changed Things

Posted on February 21, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beautya beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable … Continue reading →

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Stargazers and Hill Climbers

Posted on February 13, 2009 by PlatoHagel

AS with Einstein, who was Socrates daemon?:) In Plato’s Apology of Socrates, Socrates claimed to have a daimonion (literally, a “divine something”)[6] that frequently warned him – in the form of a “voice” – against mistakes but never told him … Continue reading →

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γνώθι σεαυτόν

Posted on January 11, 2009 by PlatoHagel

A stained glass window with the contracted version γνωθι σαυτόν. The saying “Know thyself” may refer by extension to the ideal of understanding human behavior, morals, and thought, because ultimately to understand oneself is to understand other humans as well. … Continue reading →

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Foundational Issues

Posted on October 28, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Mathematics Problem That Remains Elusive — And Beautiful By Raymond Petersen Dyson, one of the most highly-regarded scientists of his time, poignantly informed the young man that his findings into the distribution of prime numbers corresponded with the spacing and … Continue reading →

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First Principals of Quantum Mechanics

Posted on August 9, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Of course the discussions are leading me to gather my thoughts on things, as they are being spoken too, by Bloggingheads. A Life of the Genius Ramanujanby Robert Kanigel Srinivas Ramanujan (1887-1920)In the past few decades, we have witnessed how … Continue reading →

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Factoids and Censorship

Posted on April 23, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Often taking the time to absorbed the full perspective of the writer is just as much an effort as it is to understand the nature and understanding of research and information development about a topic. Where that writer leaves off. … Continue reading →

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Glaucon

Posted on March 15, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Glaucon (Greek: Γλαύκων) (born circa 445 BC) son of Ariston, was the philosopher Plato’s older brother. He is primarily known as a major conversant with Socrates in the Republic (Plato), and the questioner during the Allegory of the Cave. He … Continue reading →

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WE ARE A HEAVENLY FLOWER

Posted on February 6, 2008 by PlatoHagel

AND we should consider that God gave the sovereign part of the human soul to be the divinity of each one, being that part which, as we say, dwells at the top of the body, inasmuch as we are a … Continue reading →

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