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fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

The Mistranslation That Hid Plato's Psychology

Plato's Politeia centers on the just person and individual psychological architecture rather than primarily on external political systems.
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fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Plato's Lessons on Letting Go of Unhealthy Relationships

Lasting change requires internal motivation; others' attempts to fix someone often enable harmful cycles and undermine the well-being of the fixer.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Living in Sunlight: The Well-Souled Life

Psychological health (eupsychia) is an integrated self achieving harmony under wise governance, where reason rules while emotions and appetites perform proper roles.
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fromBig Think
4 months ago

The noble lie: Why countries that lie together, stay together

Nations cultivate unity through shared myths or 'noble lies' that connect individuals across vast distances.
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

A Positive Spin on Student AI Use

This invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in [it], produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them.
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fromWarpweftandway
6 months ago

Sino-Hellenic Network Seminar by Prof. Eric Hutton - To China and Back: The Roundtrip Voyage of a Platonic Notion

The late 19th to early 20th century marked a significant transition of Greek philosophical concepts into China, with many publications introducing Plato's ideas.
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fromAeon
7 months ago

Meet the woman who initiated Socrates in the philosophy of love | Aeon Essays

Socrates learns about love from Diotima, challenging traditional views on wisdom and gender in ancient philosophy.
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