<p>Dr. Phillip Cary sheds light on Plato&#8217;s philosophy in this latest edition of The Robin &amp; Boom Show. In this podcast you will learn why the ideas of a thinker from the 5th century BC are more relevant today than ever before. Plato offers a valuable antidote to a culture in which goodness, truth, and beauty are so often perceived to be located in the purely immanent. Questions addressed in this podcast include:</p> <ul> <li>Was Plato a proto-Gnostic?</li> <li>Did Plato hate the material body?</li> <li>What is the relation between body and soul within Plato&#8217;s thought?</li> <li>How did Plato&#8217;s spiritual psychology become more complex as he matured?</li> <li>Does Plato&#8217;s spiritual psychology shed light on issues we face in the modern world?</li> <li>How do human bodies reflect the forms of ultimate things?</li> <li>How did Socrates influence Plato at the beginning of his career, and Aristotle towards the end of his career?</li> <li>Does erotic love have spiritual value?</li> <li>What is the role of desire in truth-seeking?</li> <li>What role did neoplatonism play in in Eastern Orthodox theology?</li> <li>How did St. Augustine appropriate Plato&#8217;s philosophy for the West?</li> <li>Can a contemporary appropriation of neoplatonism shed light on modern issues like malls and movies?</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://robinmarkphillips.com/?cat=3702" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://robinmarkphillips.com/?cat%3D3702&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555259446787000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJIvCNDyuwVbKvN1fr7DgpcXeVXA">View all Episodes of The Robin &amp; Boom Show</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/robinboom" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><br /> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-6187 alignnone" src="https://robinmarkphillips.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/become-a-patreon.jpg" alt="" width="191" height="57" /></a><a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/id2049716?country=us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-6056" src="https://robinmarkphillips.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/listen-on-castbox-300x110.png" alt="" width="135" height="56" /></a><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-robin-boom-show/id1457259729?mt=2#" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-6058 alignnone" src="https://robinmarkphillips.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/apple-podcasts-badge-300x76.png" alt="" width="196" height="59" /></a><a style="text-decoration-line: underline;" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKejGH-DkoHqARsydpWFtg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-6062 alignnone" style="border-color: #bbbbbb; background: #eeeeee;" src="https://robinmarkphillips.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Watch-us-on-YouTube.jpg" alt="" width="155" height="55" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/The-Robin-Boom-Show-2228962364036493/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-6183 alignnone" src="https://robinmarkphillips.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Find-us-on-Facebook.jpg" alt="" width="163" height="55" /></a></p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://robinmarkphillips.com/robin-boom-show-15-everything-plato-dr-phillip-carry/">The Robin &#038; Boom Show #15 – Everything Plato, with Dr. Phillip Cary</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://robinmarkphillips.com">Robin Mark Phillips</a>.</p>