marginalium noun

the notes one makes in the margins.

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for plato, rationalists and mystics can walk the same path

August 20, 2024

source: psyche.co

by Dorian Minors

I did brain science at Cambridge. Now I'm a behaviour science professor. Read my shit.

For Plato, rationalists and mystics can walk the same path:

For Plato, the sensory world is epistemologically fallible. True knowledge lies only with the Forms, which exist in a realm separate from the material universe and are accessible only through a person’s intellect, not their senses. This might explain why Plato often uses the word ‘theios’, meaning ‘divine’, to describe the Forms. Just as the mystery initiate seeks a special relationship with the divine, so does the philosopher seeking the Forms.

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