Comments by "Joshua Patrick" (@joshuapatrick682) on "Plato: The Student Becomes the Teacher" video.

  1. How can such a primitive understanding of the world be so instrumental in shaping civilization to this day? It’s a bit strange.
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  2. Plato had some strange beliefs. I like the one about the ant on the roadside. Might get it wrong and not sure it’s him that came up with it but here goes. An ant is walking in the grass along the road. It lives it’s entire existence there, unaware of the travelers going to and fro, giants that from time to time throw things in the ditch that it finds. It doesn’t know where they came from but it’s not complaining. I think the question is to do with God and the limits of human perception. If an ant can’t perceive the mass of human civilization above it’s head and couldn’t hope to comprehend the vastness of it, yet still is directly effected by it is it any different from humanity? You could even substitute the concept of God for many others, dimensions, ect. The point is just because you cannot perceive something doesn’t mean it isn’t there and doesn’t effect you.
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