On Sunday, January 4, 2015 12:15:47 AM UTC, PGC wrote: > > > > On Saturday, January 3, 2015 11:39:18 PM UTC+1, Brent wrote: > > On 1/3/2015 7:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 03 Jan 2015, at 09:28, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: > > > > But that is how the word was used in the Hellenistic period; I was > referring to modern usage that has associated it with a monotheistic value > system. > > > I think monotheism is only the "personal" view of the monism of the > parmenides one. > I think that the theology of the christians and jews reflect the monism of > those who believe in an unifying truth. The fairy tales is a pedagogical > popularization, who get wrong when the religion is (too much) mixed with > politics. > > > But it necessarily is mixed with politics, it's main function is political > because the "unifying truths" are the cultural proscriptions about behavior > and values. > > > Not according to the writing. > > If there is one clear thing from Parmenides to Enneads, it is the > separation between appearance of world affairs and divine reality, with the > latter ultimately escaping our capacity to sort and analyze. Divine reality > is not some political stance, nor is it set of cultural traits. Political > stance, behavior, laws, and rules we can talk/argue about, but by antique > definition, "one" is the simplest of all ideas. So simple as to not permit > these sorts of facile generalization, or analysis as we know it (and this > is consistent with inability to break something, which is the ultimate > simple, down further), so simple as to elude people, try as they might to > capture it or make it fit some personal agenda. > > The "unifying truth" is "one" and it is nameless and without graspable > attributes and properties. And this is also fits with beings sitting in the > dark of some cave of forms, easily mistaking such forms for reality, truth, > god etc. > > > God is the law-giver; he's the tyrant writ large who sees all, judges all, > and rewards and punishes all. The truths of mathematics and physics and > biology are of little relevance. His "truths" are about procreation and > war and ethics and loyalty to the tribe. > > > You seem to be treating some projection of yours, as what Bruno references > is pretty standard Greek mythology. >
PGC baby, I was beginning to think your enemies had got you. I praise God and Laws that you return. I've been waiting for you. I believe we two have some overlapping bits in our respective destinies. Possibly involving a dog's bollocks blown clean off Sci-Fi trilogy with movie and merchandising smartly leveraged. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
