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To: cornelis
Read him. The source is divine.

I have read enough. I did not see in any of his writings where he attributed moral absolutes to God. Where is that? He spoke of a mystical inner voice which is the seat of morality, and he spoke of Justice with a capital J, and of the "right will," but I have never seen anything attributed to Socrates (he didn't have any writings of his own - they are from Plato and Xenophon). I do not hold the greek philosophers in the high esteem that you do, but I believe Plato was the best since he understood that there are ideals and truths independent of man. The problem is for all the greeks is as F. Schaeffer explained: You cannot logical start with finite man and reason your way to the infinite or univeral; you must start with the infinite-personal and reason your way down.

791 posted on 05/09/2003 12:41:54 PM PDT by exmarine
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To: exmarine
I did not see in any of his writings where he attributed moral absolutes to God. Where is that?

Close of the Apology. BTW the independence you speak of in Plato is more true for Socrates.

798 posted on 05/09/2003 6:57:39 PM PDT by cornelis (I have never seen anything written by Socrates or Jesus)
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