Hermes' stratagems

Author: Liu Xiaofeng
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Reality as the foundation of history should be understood; the structure of the narrative and clarity of the language should be accessible. One is the body, and the other is the health of the body. — Dryden, Plutarch's Lives
When I focus on the tension between philosophy and the polis, that is, on the supreme theme of political philosophy, I further solidified this idea. The distinction between contemporary philosophy in its supreme form, or Heideggerian contemporary philosophy, is shaped by the historical characteristics of contemporary philosophy, with what is called historical consciousness as a prerequisite. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the somewhat private roots of this consciousness. — Strauss, Confessions
"Immortality" is a method for expressing the original connection between the soul and existence. If you agree, it expresses the ability of a mind existing in time to contemplate eternal things. Socrates says somewhere that it is the gods' proximity to existence that makes them like gods: it is man's proximity to existence (but, yet another proximity 'fallen' and by 'forgetting') that makes him human: and so on can all be expressed in this way: the soul is 'immortal.' — Griswold
The meaning of dialogue lies in the effort to re-recognize the Form; the meaning of the soul lies in its self-movement; the meaning of reason lies in its impelling the soul; and the meaning of self-knowledge, that of the mirror and the nature of the body, becomes understandable according to the Aition (the second Hymn composed by Socrates for repentance, as noted by the editor), all of which becomes comprehensible. — Griswold