Neoplatonic Virtue: Despising Pleasures We start Damascius' discussion of Socrates' discourse on detachment, covering his first point, that the philosophy is indifferent to pleasures. We go into particular…
Summary This philosophical dialogue between Yitzchok Lowy and Shnayor Burton examines Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise and its central claim that the Bible contains only simple moral exhortations, not philosophical…