This might be my favourite podcast of all time, no messing around!
Dc Schindler has returned for the third time and we are discussing Plato’s critique of the images in the Republic and particularly how this applies to the internet and modern digital culture? Daring to ask the question, has the internet literally put us in Plato’s Cave?
We discuss the nature of truth and manipulation in world ever increasingly dominated by images, being trapped inside a scientistic tyranny, and how we can escape the cave and return to standing on solid ground with the Platonic conception of reality as “the good”.
A lot of the discussion is based on DC’s brilliant book “Plato’s Critique of Impure Reason” (which I highly recommend)
Check out the full video conversation (ironically in moving images…) 👇
Chapters
00:00 Plato's Critique of Images
11:21 The Digital Cave and Modern Society
18:08 Manipulation and the Search for Truth
27:30 Ego-Centrism to Good-Centrism
33:18 The Nature of Transcendence and Imminence
35:02 Navigating the Cave: Plato's Allegory and Virtue Ethics
37:49 The Pursuit of Virtues: Grace and Ideal Excellences
41:50 Understanding Forms: The Reality Beyond Physical Objects
46:42 The Role of Images: Idols vs. Icons in Perception
51:53 The Challenge of Digital Reality: Navigating the Internet's Influence
01:01:30 Finding Footholds: The Search for Meaning in a Digital Age
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Best,
Mahon.
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