Category Archives: Self Evident

Dialogue on Wholeness, Shadow, and the Nation

Posted on February 26, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Socrates: Plato, I see your mind burdened. What weighs upon your soul? Plato: I witness cruelty—acts by individuals, and the structures of a nation that permit them. I see victims who must reintegrate themselves, yet the society that surrounds them … Continue reading →

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Posted on February 1, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Why Do Mirrors Reverse? Platohagel: What is the assessment of this opening lecture in contrast to the archive I hold regarding Mirrors? Socratics: Assessment of the opening lecture The passage is rhetorically strong but philosophically shallow. It uses a genuine … Continue reading →

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Orwellian

Posted on December 20, 2025 by PlatoHagel

Another Possible Short Socratic Dialogue on the Naming of Subtle Power Socrates: Tell me, Platohagel, when a word is spoken, does it merely point, or does it also persuade? Platohagel: It does both, Socrates. It names, yet it also leans … Continue reading →

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A Possible Dialogue between Socrates and Plato

Posted on December 16, 2025 by PlatoHagel

A synoptic discovery synthesized into a dialogue of exchange bringing us to the insights necessary for an understanding of Sovereignty. A dialectic exchange, arriving at what becomes self- evident. A first principle to which a country’s understanding can begin. Continue reading →

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Functioning Without a President

Posted on July 1, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Can the United States function without a President? Socrates: Ah, Platohagel, a fascinating question indeed! Let us ponder the nature of governance and the role of leadership in the United States. The President of the United States serves as … Continue reading →

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Reason Against Unjust Beliefs

Posted on December 16, 2023 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Does Socrates and Platonism advance totalitarianism states? Socrates: Ah, my dear interlocutor, the pursuit of wisdom and virtue is the essence of my philosophy. Totalitarianism, with its emphasis on control and power, goes against the ideals of justice and … Continue reading →

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About Knowledge

Posted on July 28, 2012 by PlatoHagel

“As to you, Life, I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths, No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before.” “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman Justified true belief…..does it matter what knowledge could exist in or … Continue reading →

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What Is Déjà Vu?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by PlatoHagel

*** Déjà vu (French pronunciation: [deʒa vy] ( listen), literally “already seen”) is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation, even though the exact circumstances of the prior encounter are uncertain and were perhaps … Continue reading →

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Justified true belief

Posted on April 2, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Before Gettier, an historical account brings one up to date? Euler diagram representing a definition of knowledge. Justified true belief is one definition of knowledge that states in order to know that a given proposition is true, one must not … Continue reading →

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Explanation on Quantum Gravity in a Nutshell

Posted on December 14, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Although Aristotle in general had a more empirical and experimental attitude than Plato, modern science did not come into its own until Plato’s Pythagorean confidence in the mathematical nature of the world returned with Kepler, Galileo, and Newton. For instance, … Continue reading →

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