Conversations over paper writing
"Yondalla, so why didn't Christians have all the Greek philosophy stuff for a while?"
"Google 'death of Hypatia.'"
A few minutes pass...
"Wow! That's graphic."
"Uhuh."
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"Yondalla, is it true that all our science and stuff is built on Aristotle?"
"Well, think of it like this. If you were on a treasure hunt and you got a clue, which led you to a clue, which lead you to another clue until finally you got to where you are and that place was not where the first clue led you, would that first clue be a foundation? Probably not, but if you didn't have it you might not have ended up where you are. Aristotle is like that first clue."
"Oh!" Holds head, "This is so confusing!"
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"Yondalla, how do you spell 'Plato'?"
"P l a t o."
"He was like, important, right?"
"Yes. Like really, really important."
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"Can you ever really be wrong in philosophy?"
"Yes."
"But how?"
"By being wrong."
"Ooookay..."
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