Subj : Re: Extent of the Torah
To   : Todd Henson
From : Joshua Lee
Date : Tue Oct 24 2000 09:48 am

-=> TODD HENSON wrote to JOSHUA LEE <=-

 >  TH> Did not Plato have faith that Forms exist?
 >
 > I agree with you, Frank, that this is an example of a mistatement of
 > the word "faith", which never has meant "a scientific theory" until

 TH> How is it a misstatement? Did Plato have physical EVIDENCE that forms
 TH> existed? No, he didn't.

Plato clearly sets out to prove his ideas in a philosophical way; it
is not fair to him to claim he is making a religion. Nor is it fair
to religion to base it on physical evidence either, as you know.

Even science, until recently, had no physical evidence that
atoms existed; so this is not a fair yardstick for proclaiming
any realm of intellectual endevor a "religion." Did Plato really
make a religion of forms? No, he was making a philosophical
statement.

                       JBL

.... What is mind? No matter! What is matter? Never mind! - Homer S.
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