4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
The quiet. After the confession, the wounds, and the thesis... silence. The songs are shorter, sparser, more internal. Sweet release is the promise that one day the curator can finally stop -- the day the glass falls because there's no one left to protect from what's behind it. Just a man and his Savior. No versions. No angles. No frames. No filter. Fully known, fully seen, face to face.
Shape: 1 ontology; 2 diagnosis; 3-6 framework and the master pattern; 7-8 the wound and the mask; 9-11 the prideful self; 12-17 grace and atonement (with eternal decree); 18-22 the church (sacrament, clergy diagnosis, priesthood, the body); 23-24 marriage; 25-26 personal voice (defense + dedication); 27 the deathbed approach; 28 the raw refusal; 29-31 the warnings (canon-burying, gatekeeping, the omniscient verdict); 32 the re-rendering.
- A Thought in the Mind of God 5:20
- What Plato Built 5:49
- Written 4:06
- Bit From God 5:43
- Before It Shows 5:24
- Still the First Time 4:34
- Every Room 3:39
- The Man Behind the Glass 4:43
- Pepper in the Wind 4:41
- Glass Cathedral 4:34
- Break the Throne 4:12
- Sweet Release 6:55
- Head Over Heels 4:18
- Cover Me 5:03
- Every Frame 4:48
- Crown of Thorns 4:56
- Small and Great 3:23
- Bread and Wine 5:02
- I'm a Preacher 5:31
- You are a Priest 4:37
- Every One of You 5:08
- Tender and Strong 4:43
- He Goes First 5:03
- One Flesh 4:54
- You Don't Know Me 4:23
- I Just Want You to Understand 4:40
- The Chamber 3:56
- Ditch the Garbage! 4:40
- Six Easy Steps 4:52
- The Gatekeeper 4:46
- NOT ONE 5:56
- When the Glass Falls 5:28
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