DC Schindler: How Plato predicted Christianity

D. C. Schindler is professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the John Paul II Institute, Washington, DC. He is the author of eleven books, including Freedom from Reality: The Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty (University of Notre Dame Press, 2017) (get his books here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-C-Schindle...)

This podcast discusses Plato's philosophy, narrative structure, connecting Christianity and Platonism, Neo-platonism, freedom of reality as an oxymoron, St Patrick and Brehon law, and much more!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - intro
1:03 - Why write the book?
4:11 - Plato perfects Drama
6:52 - The action is the argument
11:26 - The truth as transformation
15:09 - Christianity & Platonism
23:58 - Plotinus
26:58 - Metonymy
29:02 - Law & Religion
32:30 - St Patrick & Irish Law
34:18 - Forgiveness
39:29 - The Primacy of Myth
43:12 - Exemplification
47:17 - Digital World

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