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Ancient Hellas and China respecter. Read my book, Elea (see pinned). RPG Codex Forum account-haver. 复古。
Apr 12, 2024 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
PC Adventure Games for your Kids

If you're looking for something fun to do at home with your kids, I highly recommend 80s adventure games. The child should be at least 3 or 4 years old.

Let's take a look at Space Quest 1.Image SQ1 came out in the mid-80s, but you can still get a copy on Steam if you've lost your old floppies.

The game involves exploration, typing in commands, and some light reading. Great opportunity to have your kids sit on your lap and spell out words as you type.
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Feb 12, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@CWingUexkull The notion of time as a completely existing whole is very Eleatic, but in this case I'm not sure how to model that system from those quotes. It sounds like this Schopenhauer guy doesn't quite get it. @CWingUexkull It sounds like two parts that together constitute time. The sphere would be all the possible events, with a separate, "extensionless present" that touches them. Like someone shining a torch on a rolling ball; only where the light and the surface meet is really "time".
Jan 4, 2022 • 24 tweets • 7 min read
Stubborn Arras insists that Parmenides was a dualist. In the quoted thread, you'll see Arras:

1) Attempt to list Neo-Eleatic theses
2) Attack the alleged theses
3) Insist Parmenides is a dualist

Sad stuff, rooted in mistaken NeoPlatonist & Christian assumptions! Let's start with the theses. Arras makes a four-point list, I've attached them as images. Here’s the first one:

It's confusing because he seems to merge two issues:

1st: Being is whole & homogenous. How we understand those two terms is an important discussion itself, though.
Jan 3, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
arrus, a profile worth following because he seems genuinely interested in metaphysics & theology/morality, posted cringe about Parmenides (pbuh) and cited Eric Perl.

So I tried reading the relevant opening of Perl's dissertation (the rest is neoplatonist/christian gibberish). Look at this... When we describe particular things, we use distinction to whittle away everything else. We also affirm its place it in a context - we say it partakes in certain broad contexts or categories, like change or colour.