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This article discusses Plato's treatment of reincarnation in his book, The Republic. Read More

Tags: plato, soul, reincarnation

Tags: plato, light, universe, horizon, cave

Poem / Romance

November 01, 2014

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Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

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In Plato's dialogue 'The Symposium,' he asks the Ancient Greek playwright 'Aristophanes' to present a story about soul-mates. He explains that human were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. At the time, it was said that humans had great strength and threatened the… Read More

Tags: friendship, plato, beauty, dreams, lover, friend, true_love, wonderful, sweetheart, my_friend, shakespearean, old_fashioned, aristophanes, beautiful_lady, my_queen

Update - cleaned up the rambling parts a bit Update - added some more in depth parts After reading Descartes, Plato, and Aristotle, comes a small note on the soul... Read More

Tags: plato, soul, aristotle, dualism, the_soul, the_trinity

He thought about that pure thing, the pure state, for everything, which is possible, to have, to be. He always respected the time, the time that makes sand from the big rocks would one day turn him into sand. But before then, he wanted to turn into something new, a… Read More

Tags: philosophy, plato, awareness, shamanism, waking_life

Short Story / Science Fiction

February 08, 2013

Reads: 376

Comments: 2

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A thousand years after global warming set the earth on a new natural cycle, in the Time of Neptune, a small community on the edge of the world faces the incoming Ice Age. Read More

Tags: fiction, religion, plato, ice, christianity, future, dream, insanity, change, evolution, age, tragedy, monsters, science, reincarnation

Essay / Historical Fiction

October 26, 2012

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Comments: 2

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The voice of the prosecution in Plato's Apology. Read More

Tags: plato, socrates, ancient_greece, apology, athens, prosecution

Plato's famous Allegory of the Cave, retold with modern substitutions. Read More

Tags: philosophy, plato, classic, allegory, cave, consumerism

Book / Fantasy

March 28, 2011

Reads: 1055

Comments: 126

Shelves: 1

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[On Hiatus. Sorry! D:] *Won Second Place in Unknown girl's contest. YAY!* Atlantis. Plato's hypothetical island. A fascinating point in the history of myths and legends. No one knows what really happened. Oh yes, there are theories. There are presumptions and suppositions. There are rumours and fantasies. But as mentioned,… Read More

Tags: love, death, abuse, despair, pain, lost, theory, plato, heart, legend, nightmare, hate, longing, memories, myth

Short Story / Science Fiction

October 13, 2010

Reads: 162

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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A University student takes experimental psychedelic drugs during the outset of World War III and witnesses apocalyptic visions of Time breaking down. Read More

Tags: fiction, drugs, war, world, plato, science, apocalypse, college, teenager, university, allegory, psychedelic, cave, iii

Poem / Poetry

May 20, 2010

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Shelves: 1

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Hmm. The cave... Read More

Tags: poetry, plato, cave

Poem / Poetry

December 11, 2009

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Comments: 1

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Tired to live on earth,will searching for others life traveling by UFO. Read More

Tags: plato, people, ufo, creation, imagine, spain, behind, summers, fragrance, oak

Poem / Poetry

December 10, 2009

Reads: 150

Shelves: 1

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asterios polyp + mats ek + realizing all of my friends are mentally ill = this. Read More

Tags: poetry, life, greek, plato, smoke, ek, mats, zeus, asterios, polyp, mazzucchelli, aristophanes, symposium

Book / Editorial and Opinion

December 01, 2009

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Comments: 1

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An unfinished work in progress: A rumination of philosophical questions and metaphysical perceptions. ___________________________________________________________________************************************************************___________________________________________________________________ A visitation of muse occurred while the author awaited permission to publish a photo with the first part of the book. Impatience also inspired and out came this trite, but perhaps funny poem. I get permission… Read More

Tags: love, death, life, philosophy, plato, mind, thought, spirit, consciousness, socrates, metaphysics

Here are some of my Glacier National Park journal entries from my 1972 bicycle trip from Michigan to the West Coast. Included here also are my reflections on Hesse’s novel, Narcissus And Goldmund. Read More

Tags: passion, poet, home, rain, plato, journey, snow, soul, lover, spirit, reason, belonging, monk, hesse, hermann

The following essay describes scientific thinking, analysis, and results from a non materialistic perspective. Read More

Tags: plato, education, science, humanities, common_sense, ethics, morality, newton, machiavelli, galileo, locke, objective_reality, mental_constructs, archimedes, pythagoras

Article / Memoir

May 08, 2009

Reads: 323

Comments: 1

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Final part of my memoir on reading stuff. Read More

Tags: plato, moon, escher, rhetoric, china, india, jokes, kennedy, socrates, punch, independence_day, motorcycle, indianapolis, skiing, pessimism

We are endowed by nature and grace with extra ordinary activity; our corporal and spiritual passions are constantly excited. Our body must be supported by food and sleep, and if it is indulged, it desires to be cherished, it requires enjoyments and comforts, and the more its desires are satisfied… Read More

Tags: love, death, marriage, god, hope, joy, faith, man, hand, plato, angel, son, happiness, fear, fathers

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this is just a short paper i wrote for my mid term for western culture Read More

Tags: plato, women, bible, odyssey, koran, jersuelem

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