#like obvs it's the influence of platonism and neo Platonism on the church fathers | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

soldier-poet-king · 5 months

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'fran can you stop being Like That for 5 seconds?'

Unfortunately not. I am a non-person underneath all the masks and personas and the only thing left is an empty void obsessed with depressed christian existentialists, theodicy and the existence of evil, and the nature of suffering

#the duality of fran #be normal be normal be normal #i am. so well. alas #thinking my silly little thinky thoughts #which everyone maybe hates but thats ok #m still thinking #also thinking abt how obvs the early church was like nooo Greco roman paganism bad #but also if u look at the conception of divinity and theodicy in the tragedians and philosophers (and less so in populsr religion)#u see a lot. not the same. but a lot of ideas about like. evil. the nature of the gods as both terrifying and good. both horrible& beautiful #the both/and nature. the awe inspiring in the traditional sense of the word #like obvs it's the influence of platonism and neo Platonism on the church fathers #but also ive given yall my dionysios and jesus ramble before. smthn smthn smthn human and divine #I AM NOT SAYING SYNCRETISM OR HERESY #I AM SAYING. PREFIGURING. I AM SAYING. THE HUMAN SOUL IS ALWAYS SEEKING THIS THING #I AM SAYING THE PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSIONS AND DIALOGUE OF THE PERIOD #anyway. im normal. im sooooo normal about the problem of evil

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