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Issue Five - 03/02/05

SMS Philosophy - Plato

Recent scientific tests have proved that young people in Ireland today are smarter and more tech-savvy than any generation ever. Many people believe this is bullshit. To prove them wrong we had a thirteen year old explain the teachings of great philosopher Plato to us via text message.


Da thry r dctrne of archtypl idas, wich do nt resde n da phnmenl but n da univrsl, rsts @ da cre of phlsphy. Da phnomna ov ne prticlr objct is eqivlnt 2 da instntnus, wich is da pershble semblnce of da ndstrctble essntl ov da objct's cncpt. Dese cncpts r clmed 2 b da idas.

Da idas seam 2 b outsde time-spce, + dey cmpse da objct, r whle, ov all knwldge, wich also cmpse da 1 + abslte reel Being: da sprme ida ov da Gud. Upn dis ida ov da Gud, Plto fnded his teechings ov da gud lif, for bth da indvdual + da bdy plty. Plto also cnstrcted a ntyre valu systm out ov dese idas. Consqntly, wat Plto ment by a frm + "wat status it had n his unvrse ov being" + "da reltns ov frms 2 der instnttns n da snsble wrld + 2 each uder" r ques dat wl gide sum1 2 da vry hrt ov Plto's phlsphy


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