Subj : Re: Extent of the Torah
To   : JOSHUA LEE
From : TODD HENSON
Date : Wed Oct 25 2000 07:17 pm

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


"Making a religion"? What do you mean by that? I'm not sure exactly what
you're trying to read 
into my words.


> 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.


That really isn't responsive to what I said.
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