Originally Posted by nighthawk


No, not that th Greeks had all the answers, but since the ancient Greeks formed the basis of Western thought you have to do battle with them first.

There are five Transcendental Desires that were recognized around 400 BC by Plato and Aristotle. St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas and many other philosophers have spoken of these same desires through the centuries.

What are these transcendental desires? They are our built-in desires for:

Perfect and unconditional Truth
Perfect and unconditional Love
Perfect and unconditional Justice (Goodness)
Perfect and unconditional Beauty
Perfect and unconditional Being (Home)

How can we have transcendent desires without some sort of transcendent nature?


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You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.

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