Plato’s famous crucified Just Man – the real inspiration underlying the Christian crucifixion narrative (as we now have it), or a supernatural Socratic–Platonic prophesy predicting the fate of Jesus, the Righteous Notzri/Nazarene? (Easter; Resurrection Day) Below is the famous passage, in Allan Bloom’s literal translation (digitized by the undersigned), as well as the fascinating context:…
Stikkord: politeia
An update on some of my recent academic work dealing with Platonic Philosophy, religion and ancient history
Dear Readers: It has been a while since this home page and blog of mine was last refreshed with new content, but, as my followers on Academia.edu are aware of, I have not been (entirely) idle, and since the beginning of 2022, I have actually composed several new papers and e-books. I have also produced…
Et nytt platonsk akademi for en ny og vanskelig tid
Av Edmund Schilvold (M.Th.) Oktober 2023 Kan antikkens platonske akademi, som i århundrer spilte en sentral rolle i det gamle Hellas’ og i Europas kulturelle og religiøse liv, men som på 500-tallet ble tvangsnedlagt av den østromerske keiseren, gjenopplives i vår tid, her i det høye nord? Det er et spørsmål jeg har stilt meg…
The misconstrual of Plato’s Republic, that St. Augustine quotes Socrates, and other discoveries
Below are some examples of what my master’s thesis in theology and philosophy (which you may download for free, as a PDF, by clicking on this link) achieves in terms of research and discoveries: 1. Introduction: St. Augustine of Hippo (the famous church father) quotes directly from Plato’s Republic (arguably one of the greatest literary…
Master’s thesis «follow-up»: A new and ground-breaking analysis of the Socratic and Platonic concept of the Good (free 24-page essay/e-book)
For the first time since 2020, I am now publishing a major literary production of mine here, on this blog — an essay-like academic paper exclusively devoted to a comprehensive analysis of and certain musings regarding what one might style the ontological nature of Plato’s Good, which, as I believe I have come very close…
Edmund Schilvold: Skribent, fotograf, filosof, friluftsentusiast 