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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
