{"id":5779,"date":"2017-02-14T04:32:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T04:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/02\/14\/platonism-in-one-case\/"},"modified":"2017-02-14T04:32:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T04:32:04","slug":"platonism-in-one-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/02\/14\/platonism-in-one-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Platonism in One Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">The Christian is a Platonist about one man, Christ: he pre-exists both his conception and his birth. But there is no Platonism about any other human. The rest of us enjoy no Platonic pre-existence. &#0160;We are literally nothing until we are conceived. &#0160;One could say that orthodox Christians are anthropological exceptionalists with respect to one man. &#0160;And he is indeed a man. 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