SOCRATES GURU, in Print & Kindle
SOCRATES GURU utilizes Plato’s complete works to describe a unified spiritual philosophy that is fundamentally distinct from what is commonly considered Western philosophy and at the same time, is a philosophy closely aligned with the major traditions of thought within India, as represented by the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and the Buddhist Pali Suttas. The argument put forth is extensively referenced and logically compelling. It shines a bright light on not only how Plato’s dialogues present a cohesive but heretofore misunderstood spiritual form of philosophy but also how the exact same structure exists within the major Indian philosophical traditions. Adding even greater clarity to this description of a distinct form of spiritual philosophy is its antithetical relationship with what is commonly called Western philosophy. This natural antagonism is used to explain why Plato’s dialogues have proven so difficult for Western philosophers to come to terms with and at the same time, why there has been such great Western interest in the Indian philosophies. SOCRATES GURU, in that way, explains the modern day Western interest in Eastern spirituality as influenced by a historical inability to digest, on its own terms, the spiritual philosophy described by Plato’s dialogues. This book allows the West to reset its efforts to understand these Indian classic texts with the help of newfound clarity on our own prior philosophical limitations in understanding Plato.
Socrates Guru: Fondness for Pleasure
Socrates taught that the most excellent people, of the greatest wisdom, have to be trained like soldiers in order to withstand the temptations of pleasure and the fears of bodily pain. He proposed a system of exposing those most intelligent and most virtuous of the potential leaders to tests of both pleasure and pain. Only those that could withstand such tests without any alterations of what is considered virtuous behavior were to be qualified to lead others in the government.
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