Nick, when you claimed that Tesla’s mechanistic man is a receiver of consciousness from a mechanistic universe, I called you on it. I asked for evidence from what Tesla said and an explanation of how and why what is mechanical should be interpreted as being conscious.
Tesla through is apparently developed powers of intuition acknowledged the reality of Plato’s world of forms within which conscious ideas remain in potential until expressed within higher life like Man as creatures within our mechanical universe. The universe is a machine governed by mechanical laws. Consciousness can effect these laws"My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists." —Nikola Tesla
As you know, the soul according to Plato had three parts. Where in the complete soul is justice felt?When you said that “heart knowledge” is the center of Socratic philosophy I called you on it. I asked for evidence from the dialogues and an explanation of how and why the prominence he gives to reason should be interpreted as prominence to “feelings”.
https://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Anci/AnciBhan.htm
What is the source of internal knowledge? Does it come from academic experts? No, it is an aspect of consciousness which allows for the devolution of values into creation. The literal mind only comprehends values theoretically I believe that Tesla sensed the reality of the world of forms and the source of our qualities. He felt their presence intuitively……………………………Plato realises that all theories propounded by Cephalus, Thrasymachus and Glaucon, contained one common element. That one common element was that all the them treated justice as something external "an accomplishment, an importation, or a convention, they have, none of them carried it into the soul or considered it in the place of its habitation." Plato prove that justice does not depend upon a chance, convention or upon external force. It is the right condition of the human soul by the very nature of man when seen in the fullness of his environment. It is in this way that Plato condemned the position taken by Glaucon that justice is something which is external. According to Plato, it is internal as it resides in the human soul. "It is now regarded as an inward grace and its understanding is shown to involve a study of the inner man." It is, therefore, natural and no artificial. It is therefore, not born of fear of the weak but of the longing of the human soul to do a duty according to its nature……………………………
My personal experience has been with professors of philosophy. Not one ever felt what they were talking about nor understood the purpose of philosophy. They substituted the search for truth with the joy of arguing. I cannot explain this to you. It has to be experienced. Academic philosophy when highlighted by cold parroting is a poison that destroys eros and divine love by cheapening it into social gain. Philosophy becomes the art of twerking and then why bother other than to get a passing grade.When you made claims about academic philosophy based on your own experience I call you on it. And when the only thing you provided in return is something you read in a book blurb I called you on it. You followed up each of these with more unsubstantiated claims. I am not going to continue this perpetual evasive game you mistake for philosophy. If you wish to proclaim your beliefs then you should do so without attempting to legitimize them by misrepresenting philosophers and scientists or by repeating and expanding your uninformed condemnation of academic philosophy.