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Apr 13, 2018

Plato’s Realm of Forms

Following on from last week’s Friday Philosophy post about Socrates, this week we continue our series looking at the big ideas of influential philosophers with Plato. A student of Socrates and founder of what may have been the first school of philosophy, the Academy, Plato is perhaps the most influential Western philosopher of all time.… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Christianity, faith, God, Greek philosophy, metaphysics, Plato, realm of forms, realm of ideas, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Apr 11, 2018

Encountering a Cult

George’s memorial service drew to a close and an old school friend, Chris Jenkins, offered me a lift back to the home of George’s family for the reception. Twenty minutes or so later we pulled up and parked a couple of streets along from the house, got out of the car, and began walking up… Continue reading

Book Extracts, Spirituality

Christianity, cult, enlightenment, faith, India, meditation, Philosophy, Ratu Bagus, religion, shaking meditation, The Philosophy of a Mad Man, Theology
Apr 6, 2018

Can We Know Anything?

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post! Today we open up a new chapter in our investigations into some of philosophy’s biggest ideas with a look at Socrates, one of the most famous philosophers of all time. Unlike many of the presocratics we’ve been looking at, we know quite a lot about Socrates, mostly from… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Academics, epistemology, ethics, faith, God, knowledge, philosophers, religion, science, Socrates, Theology, truth
Mar 30, 2018

Infinite Wisdom

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post! As promised, today we’ll be looking at another thinker from the Eleatic School of ancient Greek philosophy, a man named Zeno. This post naturally follows on from last Friday when we looked at the thought of Parmenides, as Zeno was a student of his. Who Was He? Zeno of… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

dialectic, faith, God, Good Friday, Greek philosophy, infinity, religion, science, The Eleatic school, Theology, Zeno, Zeno of Elea
Mar 30, 2018

Good Friday | Reflections

Later today I will publish my scheduled Friday Philosophy post, but I just wanted to write a quick message to all my Christian followers acknowledging Good Friday. This is such a special day for followers of Jesus, as the crucifixion is at the very heart of the gospel. The crucifixion raises very important questions for… Continue reading

Christianity

Easter, faith, Good Friday, Happy Easter, Jesus, Jesus Christ, religion, Theology
Mar 23, 2018

Do Ideas Exist in Reality?

In the last few Friday Philosophy posts we’ve been looking at the presocratics (that is, ancient Greek philosophers who lived and taught prior to Socrates). This week we’re moving on to a new category: the Eleatics. These philosophers are also presocratic, but are often grouped together separately as they all lived in the ancient town… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy, Reality

Eleatic school, faith, Greek philosophy, logic, metaphysics, Parmenides, presocratics, reason, religion, Theology

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Steven Colborne is an author, musician and counsellor from the United Kingdom. On this blog he writes about philosophy, religion and spirituality and shares a variety of personal articles.

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