Guest Dr. Robert Neville, joins guest host Dr. Tyler Tritten and beloved regular host Dr. Danny Layne to discuss Neville’s body of work as it relates to Platonic mysticism. Topics covered include but are not limited to Plato’s Republic, Aristotle, God, Raphael, and Chinese philosophy.
00-3:20: Introductory Content, Including Bob’s books
3:21-10:50: The Golden Thread or through line throughout Bob’s work: Platonic Mysticism? Defining scholars, philosophers, Platonism; What Raphael got wrong about Plato and Aristotle.
10:51-14:00: The Divided Line of The Republic, and the Form of the Good; In what sense Bob is a mystic.
14:01-15:10: Tyler recapitulates and clarifies
15:11-20:50: The lynchpin of Bob’s thought; What is the ontological creative act? Bob’s comments include the nature of time.
20:51-30:20: Tyler recaps, clarifies, and asks about Bob’s first book: God the Creator; Bob’s response includes remarks on why he got into a little trouble and why it’s hard to avoid Aristotelianism. Bob and Tyler dialogue about contingency, attributes of God, empirical theology, harmony, form.
30:21-36:30: Tyler recaps, clarifies, and asks about modern empiricism. Bob’s response focuses on the example of a glass of iced tea, an Alpha Centauri star. Bob explains that he’s not a phenomenologist.
36:31-39:50: Tyler recaps, clarifies, and asks about the 4 forms of determinacy in relation to time. Bob responds.
39:51-40:40: Tyler gets Danny caught up on the conversation.
40:41-51:15: Danny agrees with Bob’s take on Raphael, focusing on Heraclitus, Plato’s Timaeus, Parmenides. Bob responds. Focuses on Plato’s dramatic effect, including remarks on the previous dialogues in addition to the Republic. Danny asks if he’s gesturing to the unwritten doctrine, which she explains. Bob responds. Tyler clarifies, asking how the Indefinite Dyad manifests in his work. Bob responds.
51:16-53:30: Danny asks what dialogue Bob thinks has been historically most influential and which has been most personally influential. Bob responds.
53:31-56:18: Danny asks Bob what he thinks the afterlife is and he responds.
56:19-1:00:00: Tyler asks about whether or not it’s easier to be a Platonist in China and Bob responds, commenting on Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism.
1:00:01-1:09:05: Tyler asks about personhood, a topic he says he may disagree with Bob about. Bob responds, Danny contributes. Bob comments about narratives.
1:09:06-end: Concluding content
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