
HoP 081 - Jan Opsomer on Middle Platonism
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Is There a Duality in Ourselves?
God may have created the world, according to plutarch, but he didn't create the ingredients from which he started. The influence of this ancient, in itself, irrational soul is still there in this world and this is what creates disorder and evil. So most of his ethical works insist exactly on this,. that we should be aware of the irrational, inherently evil aspect of our nature.
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