An Abundance of Love: Raya and Plato

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#297366 - 08/15/08 01:45 AM An Abundance of Love: Raya and Plato
Philippe Gebara Member Registered: 05/14/06 Posts: 452 Loc: Rio de Janeiro/ RJ - Brazil	I'm reading "An Abundance of Love" from the Archbishop Joseph Raya (which I've been appreciating very much, by the way) and I was shocked by some affirmations the Bishop did about Plato's theory. He says that according to the philosopher the human souls existed in "God" before their incarnation and they were sent by that same God to the earth as a punishment. But Plato doesn't talk about God!
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#297381 - 08/15/08 04:29 AM Re: An Abundance of Love: Raya and Plato [Re: Philippe Gebara]
Serge Keleher Member Registered: 06/22/06 Posts: 3964 Loc: Dublin	Metropolitan Joseph was my spiritual father and a close and beloved friend. So I hope he will forgive me for offering the advice that systematic philosophy and/or systematic theology were never his forte! Fr. Serge
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#297386 - 08/15/08 10:17 AM Re: An Abundance of Love: Raya and Plato [Re: Serge Keleher]
Terry Bohannon Member Registered: 05/15/07 Posts: 1655 Loc: Houston, TX USA	He was referring to Phaedrus? I can see how he got that impression, if that was his argument. Terry Edited by Terry Bohannon (08/15/08 10:20 AM)
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#297388 - 08/15/08 10:33 AM Re: An Abundance of Love: Raya and Plato [Re: Terry Bohannon]
Serge Keleher Member Registered: 06/22/06 Posts: 3964 Loc: Dublin	I wouldn't know - pagan Hellenic philosophers don't interest me much. Fr. Serge
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#297404 - 08/15/08 01:48 PM Re: An Abundance of Love: Raya and Plato [Re: Serge Keleher]
Terry Bohannon Member Registered: 05/15/07 Posts: 1655 Loc: Houston, TX USA	Fr. Serge, It has been about five years since I read the work, but I read it along with Timaeus. The latter work would be the one I recalled. The "God", as the unmoved mover type, is spoken of by secondary sources. Plato spoke directly of the orchestrative work of a demiurge, who brought order from chaos and separated matter and souls into individual lots. I look forward to reading "An Abundance of Love, but I won't expect to know Plato better by the read. I would be happy to come to a better understanding of the Incarnation, the greatest of miracles, however. Terry
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