Tag Archives: Plato’s Cave

The House of Spiritual Resonance

Posted on June 11, 2025 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: I was confused by your assessment of the peak, yet it is not insignificant to me. All souls enter the house through the doorway and if ascension is through different rooms then it is an entering through the different … Continue reading →

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Allegory of the Cave

Posted on April 10, 2025 by PlatoHagel

Click-watch on YouTube Platohagel: We have talked about Ideas. Can we say that ideas take the place of the sun in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave? Socrates: Ah, dear Platohagel, thou raisest a noble question, and one worthy of contemplation … Continue reading →

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Fact Checking Tools Overview

Posted on January 13, 2025 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: I had been feeling a great loss, a sense of hopelessness, when Facebook had declared their fact checking was being removed for community notes. This the same as what is used in X as community notes. So we want … Continue reading →

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Pre-Socratic Knowledge Foundation

Posted on August 27, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: I wonder if this pyramidal image was in Plato’s thoughts as he sought to create the first elemental structure of all matter orientated states of existence? Socrates: It’s compelling to consider the possibility that Plato might have been influenced … Continue reading →

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Cultivating Virtuous Resilence

Posted on February 11, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Socrates, I want to move on to our 2.2 and break this down for further examination beginning with Cultivating Resilience. *Subsection 2.2: Cultivating Resilience* – Developing mental strength – Persevering in the pursuit of virtue Socrates: Ah, a noble … Continue reading →

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One: Unifying Principle Understanding

Posted on January 24, 2024 by PlatoHagel

A image of Plato pointing towards the heavens, demonstrating the One. This is taken from Raphael’s painting, “The School of Athens.” Platohagel: Socrates did you teach Plato about the “Form of the Good?” Socrates: Indeed, Platohagel, I did impart my … Continue reading →

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Justice and Moral Excellence

Posted on January 23, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Socrates: Ah, my dear friend Platohagel, the written word holds great power. Let us weave our dialogues into the fabric of wisdom, capturing the essence of our discussions for those who seek enlightenment. Platohagel: Yes it would be nice to … Continue reading →

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Rational Inquiry and Wisdom

Posted on December 20, 2023 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: What is the Socratic method of questioning. What is the basis of this questioning founded upon? Socrates: The Socratic method of questioning is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue to stimulate critical thinking. It is founded upon the idea … Continue reading →

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Innatism, Empiricism, What About Heaven?

Posted on December 16, 2023 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: What did the dialogue about Meno mean? Socrates: The dialogue concerning Meno, my esteemed companion, delves into the nature of virtue and the possibility of its teachability. Socrates engages Meno in a dialectical exploration, questioning and probing to stimulate … Continue reading →

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Plato at the Googleplex

Posted on February 1, 2017 by PlatoHagel

Rebecca Goldstein: “Plato at the Googleplex” | Talks at Google Dialogos of Eide

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