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might is right (the law of Thrasymachus), rejected

Cited in 3 segments across 3 recordings · 2018 to 2020 · principle/principle:might-is-right

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16 Jul 2020video If Muslims can reconvert the Hagia Sophia, can Israel or India reconvert mosques too? By the 'might is right' logic used to justify the reconversion, he says, Israel could turn al-Aqsa into the Temple of Solomon and India's Hindu majority could turn mosques into temples, so Muslims who celebrate cannot then complain. Leave the building be. Lessonposition checkedThrasymachusmight is right (the law of Thrasymachus), rejectedthe Babri Masjidthe reconversion of the Hagia Sophia to a mosque machine3 min 56 s18:26on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream If Turkey can reconvert the Hagia Sophia, can Israel or India reconvert mosques too? By the 'might is right' logic behind the reconversion, Israel could reclaim al-Aqsa and India's Hindus the Babri Masjid, so Muslims who celebrate cannot then complain. Lessonposition checkedThrasymachusSocratesmight is right (the law of Thrasymachus), rejectedal-Masjid al-Aqsa machine3 min 50 s1:33:19on YouTube
20 Apr 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did Musa beat Pharaoh's magicians with stronger magic? No: Mufti Abu Layth prefers the reading that Musa's staff exposed the magicians' trickery, since out-doing their magic would only teach that might is right. Lessonposition checkedIbn Arabi (Muhyi al-Din) [?]Musa (Moses)ThrasymachusSocrates machine7 min 16 s6:16on YouTube