{"id":749,"date":"2017-10-12T18:04:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T18:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/?post_type=chapter&p=749"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:09:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:09:01","slug":"diotimas-ladder-video-check-out-the-forms","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/chapter\/diotimas-ladder-video-check-out-the-forms\/","title":{"raw":"Diotima's Ladder Video: Check Out the Forms","rendered":"Diotima’s Ladder Video: Check Out the Forms"},"content":{"raw":"
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Whether they term it idealism outright, the editors write a lot about the Forms (capitalized, big-deal abstractions they thought were primary to the imperfect versions we can observe with the senses).\u00a0 This basic Western, Platonic approach informs many of our topics.\u00a0 For instance, it's a Platonic move to have lawyers and judges inferring what the Founders might have thought of assault weapons or privacy.\u00a0 The Form (their thinking then) is being used to decide court cases on issues impacting us.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n\r\nFrom a really neat series, The <\/em>History of Ideas<\/em>, here's The Simpson<\/em>s<\/em>' Harry Shearer narrating about Diotima's Ladder:\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cYC74mJ-4po&index=3&list=PLLiykcLllCgOof1XMu1gfUSlVdx8OtkJT\r\n\r\nThe one on \"The Golden Ratio\" is also neat!\u00a0 Beats some of the reading on these ideas, I can attest!\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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Whether they term it idealism outright, the editors write a lot about the Forms (capitalized, big-deal abstractions they thought were primary to the imperfect versions we can observe with the senses).\u00a0 This basic Western, Platonic approach informs many of our topics.\u00a0 For instance, it’s a Platonic move to have lawyers and judges inferring what the Founders might have thought of assault weapons or privacy.\u00a0 The Form (their thinking then) is being used to decide court cases on issues impacting us.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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From a really neat series, The <\/em>History of Ideas<\/em>, here’s The Simpson<\/em>s<\/em>‘ Harry Shearer narrating about Diotima’s Ladder:<\/p>\n