Search results for "Plato republic "

  In this popular series from last year, I covered the entire book of Plato’s monumental Republic.  Arguably the most influential philosophy text of all time, the Republic demonstrates a city and state governed by...

February 17, 2017 - 0 Comments Read More

In this half audio for non-subscribers, I begin the analysis of Plato’s Republic, covering books I and II, setting the stage for what will be the ideal city. Also contained in Book II is a fascinating...

July 23, 2015 - 0 Comments Read More

In this half talk for free, I detail the 8th book of Plato’s Republic where Socrates describes the degeneration of the ideal city into oligarchy, democracy and chaos. Included in book 8 is the esoteric doctrine...

January 20, 2016 - 0 Comments Read More

Symbolical and Numerological Elements in the Shield of Achilles Compared with Plato’s Cosmology -It’s not carrying over from word the references. Apologies, will add later. By: Jay (c) Copyright, all rights reserved The famed shield...

May 3, 2011 - 0 Comments Read More

Jamie gives up a book report on her latest read – the well known classic text from mason Manly P Hall which gives the US a secret, force of “democracy’ destiny with an esoteric twist....

September 28, 2021 - 0 Comments Read More

Jay and Tristan discuss the meaning of technocracy in the “greatest logician ever,” the psycho Bertrand Russell. Must see interview!  We cover the similarities to Plato’s Republic mentioned in Impact of Science on Society, the...

January 11, 2021 - 0 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer Before there was Back to the Future, there was the early phase of science fiction embodied in Fabian H.G. Wells’ 1895 novella, The Time Machine.  Wells’ work is both entertaining and important for the...

November 9, 2019 - 1 Comments Read More

By: Jay DyerSnowpiercer stands out as a recent example of a trend fans of film are witnessing more of: philosophically-focused science fiction and fantasy.  While it could be argued that many science fiction classics deal...

April 29, 2019 - 0 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer Famous philosopher Thomas Nagel recently published a book questioning the hallowed dogma of strict, reductionist materialism.  I have not read the book, but a philosopher friend recommended it to me.  It’s nice...

April 22, 2019 - 1 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer Famous philosopher Thomas Nagel recently published a book questioning the hallowed dogma of strict, reductionist materialism.  I have not read the book, but a philosopher friend recommended it to me.  It’s nice...

November 17, 2018 - 1 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer Edge of Tomorrow is like Groundhog Day meets Oblivion, which sounds awful, yet somehow it works.  You get to see Tom Cruise killed over and over by tentacled black aliens.  As odd...

September 21, 2018 - 1 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer “1 In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through...

September 10, 2018 - 0 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer One of the central, most basic and ancient questions of philosophy is that of the one and the many. This question even transcended cultural barriers and mysteriously appeared in both ancient Chinese and...

September 3, 2018 - 0 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer The doctrine of the revelation of God in terms of Scripture is not as confusing as difficult as many have made it.  Since the argument for Scripture as revealed and authoritative as...

August 29, 2018 - 0 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer The appeal of anarchism is understandable, especially in our day of what seems to be spectacular corruption on the part of members of the establishment.  In the online-fueled furor of Ron Paul’s...

March 6, 2016 - 0 Comments Read More

Chris Kendall and John Adams of The Afternoon Commute invited me back to explore the subjects of textual studies, the Documentary Hypothesis, Julius Wellhausen, German Higher Criticism, the Reformation, Renaissance Humanism, Ecumenism, Zionism, Dominion Theology, Millennialism, Theosophy,...

February 24, 2016 - 0 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer 1960s spy fiction is some of my favorite fiction.  Developing its own unique aesthetic, from Bond to The Saint to Harry Palmer, the vivid, flamboyant style of both the spies and their...

July 5, 2015 - 0 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer Greece is now in the news for the left socialist Syriza Party caving (predictable) to the IMF’s economic terrorism, resulting in bank runs and capital controls.  Echoing the previous two bail outs...

June 30, 2015 - 0 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer “The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer.  What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles?  Were the circuits like freeways? I kept...

September 28, 2014 - 0 Comments Read More

By: Jay Dyer In our emergent technocracy we are submerged in a sea of knowledge.  Modern wonders reach their apex in the readily-available stores of knowledge at anyone’s fingertips.  Given this seemingly magical commodity was heretofore...

July 25, 2014 - 0 Comments Read More