[MD] The Relativist's journey

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Hi Marsha,
In my opinion, Plato was all about posterity.  Socrates, on the other
hand, was not.  This is why he did not write.  I often wonder if Plato
is presenting Socrates faithfully.  Much of Plato's dialogues have an
agenda which I do not think that Socrates could have believed in.  I
like the old Greek tragedies.  They are much more alive than Plato's
dogma.

Yes, again in my opinion, words are markers that the brain uses for
social memory purposes.  While feelings (thoughts before reification)
can also be recalled, we have developed a very complex way of relating
our personal awareness.  In order to simplify and compartmentalize a
particular notion, we have a word based filing cabinet.  The papers in
such a filing cabinet are useful tools.
Mark

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:25 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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> Hi Mark,
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> I should have specified written words, which I believe were created for maybe memorization or auditory purposes.  Did Plato write his dialogues for posterity, or to use as lectures or even to be performed.  I doubt that they were written to be read silently to yourself for reflection on Plato's thoughts.  Just curious.
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> Marsha
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> On Dec 1, 2011, at 12:44 PM, 118 wrote:
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>> Hi Marsha,
>> I suppose this began happening when words were created.  Words are used to share the sounds of thought.  As such sharing became codified, representation through words took a life of its own.  Such emphasis results in more than the representation of thought. In this way semantic Truth was born, in my opinion in the-present.
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>> Sent laboriously from an iPhone,
>> Mark
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>> On Nov 30, 2011, at 11:59 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>>> Mark,
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>>> When did words, as the sign of sound, come to represent the sound of thought?
>>>
>>>
>>> Marsha
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>
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