"western logic versus eastern common sense"

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“Is Plato and his teaching truly welcomed by modern Western Societies?”

I will let you to answer this question to yourselves. I will provide a couple of points and you will first meditate and then draw the corresponding conclusions.

This is a quote from Wikipedia:

Sophism can mean two very different things: In the modern definition (from Plato), a sophism is a specious argument used for deceiving someone. In Ancient Greece, the sophists were a category of teachers who specialized in using the tools of philosophy and rhetoric for the purpose of teaching arête — excellence, or virtue — predominately to young statesmen and nobility. The practice of charging money for education, and providing wisdom only to those who can pay, led to the condemnations made by Plato in regard to their profession itself being 'specious' or 'deceptive', hence the modern usage of the term. (End of quote)

“The practice of charging for education…” Now! We all know that the Pharmaceutical monopolies pay for the education of future doctors in medicine too; I have heard some interesting critics and statements linking the prescription of dangerous and not-completely-proven drugs to a conditional status whether a medical doctor could or not continue offering his services as a professional…

Facts or myth? You decide it!

On the other side there is the “ethical question” whether those Physicists newly ‘formed’ and ‘educated’ under orthodox educational programs are entirely free to pursue (let’s say…) a contradicting approach to Reality?

Who would mind me saying that Westerners (I’m one of them) are prone to use LOGIC to explain everything we see, hear and touch?

Logic is not a bad thing do not misinterpret my thoughts… It is that we (westerners) usually forget to use it moderately or what’s the same to say along with a dosage of Common Sense. The dilemma is that Common Sense is almost like Sixth Sense… A little bit “arbitrary”, “abstract” and “subjectively personal”.

That’s true! It is! But that is when LOGIC comes to the rescue. They are interconnected in a sacred way we sometimes forget. Plato was clear about using both in a more measured way… Perhaps that is the reason Einstein agreed with him in a few issues concerning the nature of Reality among others.

Since modern “Physicists” backed by modern “Mathematicians” are lately too busy trying to figure out Reality with LOGIC alone, It is my guess that Plato has become a literal “Pain in the butt” for many modern “Philosophers”…

Since TOEQUEST is filled with those I expect that this article will light up some of them too.

But before planning a response… Two things though:

One… Whatever is not yours, please don’t forget to quote it before so we know the source.

Two… Try to leave out of this thread – how was it put on top? - Oh yes! “specious argument used for deceiving someone…” try to keep both feet on the ground and speak English, please?


HBD