In this special edition series, I will be joined by multiple thinkers and philosophers to discuss Platonic and Neoplatonic philosophy. This ongoing series of conversations will focus on the nature of goodness, truth, justice, freedom, beauty, reason, and love. My first guest in this series is the eminent cognitive scientist and philosopher John Vervaeke, and we examine D.C. Schindler's masterpiece "Plato's Critique of Impure Reason: On Goodness and Truth in the Republic."Be sure to check out Swan Private, the trusted Bitcoin financial services provider for high-net-worth individuals and businesses worldwide: https://www.swanprivate.com/breedloveGuestJohn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_johnPlato's Critique of Impure Reason: https://www.amazon.com/Platos-Critique-Impure-Reason-Goodness/dp/0813228247#:~:text=Plato's%20Critique%20of%20Impure%20Reason%20offers%20a%20dramatic%20interpretation%20of,real%20image%22%20of%20the%20good.PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:Outline00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Swan Private00:01:37 The Truth is Defenseless00:07:00 “Knowledge is About Evidence, but Understanding is About Relevance”00:12:27 The Self as the Through-Line Within Which Aspires to Through-Line into Reality00:16:34 Metacognition: Self-Reflection as the Internalization of the Perspectives of Others00:21:56 Exploring the Relationship Between the Soul and the Real, and Property00:32:37 The Ecstatic Moment and the Impossibility of a “Perfect” Metaphysics00:38:44 A Paradox of Perspective: Science Cannot be Defended Scientifically00:42:44 The Pure Consciousness Event: Adverbial Overriding Adjectival Experience00:52:22 “Is-Ness”: Where Becoming and Being, Relative and Absolute, Converge00:56:10 Multiple Object Tracking Experiments: Seeing Quantity over Quality00:59:39 “Precisely What is Most Important Cannot Be Said…”01:06:10 Watch “Hard Money with Natalie Brunell” From Swan Studios01:06:55 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth01:08:04 Goodness as the Cause of Truth01:10:44 The Etymological Root of “Intelligence”: “To Read Between the Lines”01:17:35 Property, The Law, and Religion as a Meta-Meaning System01:28:25 Why Do We Punish Treason? Human History in the Cave of Statism01:33:19 Playing in the Platonic Dojo: Toward a Just Apprehension of Money01:38:14 Money and Religion: Systems for Cost-Effectively Scaling Trust?01:41:33 Post-Statism: An Absolute 21M Bitcoin to Replace the Specter of Death?01:48:44 Could Debasing Currency be Catalyzing Misology?01:56:44 Does Bitcoin Put Power in Service to Reason?01:59:04 The “In-Itself-Ness” to Bitcoin that We Can’t Mess With…02:08:45 Could Bitcoin Be the Platonic Form of Money?02:16:34 The Inadequacy and Indispensability of Images02:18:51 A Dramatic Literary Structure Mapping Onto Feedback-Driven, Complex Reality02:27:22 Reading the Platonic Dialogues as a Spiritual Exercise…02:35:09 The Interpenetration of Rationality and Ritual: A Dramatic Enacted Mythos02:38:27 Distinguishing the Imaginary from the Imaginal: A Sailboat vs Toddler Zorro02:52:12 “What is Money?” OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22 WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSESSwan Private guides high-net-worth individuals and businesses in all areas of Bitcoin strategy: https://www.swanprivate.com/breedloveCrowdHealth offers an innovative health insurance model based on Bitcoin and community: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveOkcoin is an innovative and education-focused cryptoasset exchange platform—earn $50 in free Bitcoin by signing up at: https://okcoin.com/breedloveInvest with a licensed Bitcoin advisor through DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/RobertBreedloveJoin Me At Bitcoin 2023, pre-order your tickets now (for a chance to win 10M sats, use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://b.tc/conference/2023Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buys and Withdrawals: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

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