If all goes well, the time will come when mankind will take up the torch of Socrates rather than the Bible as a guide to morals and reason...
The pathways of most of the various philosophical modes of life lead back to him...
Socrates excels the founder of Christianity in being able to be serious cheerfully and in possessing that wisdom full of roguishness that constitutes the finest state of the human soul. And he also possessed the finer intellect.
"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us." ____ Socrates
"Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity." ____ Socrates
"How singular is the thing called pleasure, and how curiously related to pain, which might be thought to be the opposite of it; for they never come to a man together, and yet he who pursues either of them is generally compelled to take the other. They are two, and yet they grow together out of one head or stem." ____ Socrates
The pathways of most of the various philosophical modes of life lead back to him...
Socrates excels the founder of Christianity in being able to be serious cheerfully and in possessing that wisdom full of roguishness that constitutes the finest state of the human soul. And he also possessed the finer intellect.
"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us." ____ Socrates
"Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity." ____ Socrates
"How singular is the thing called pleasure, and how curiously related to pain, which might be thought to be the opposite of it; for they never come to a man together, and yet he who pursues either of them is generally compelled to take the other. They are two, and yet they grow together out of one head or stem." ____ Socrates
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archaepelago:
Why would you go to Tucson when you get a) get out of the heat in Flagstaff, b) have your paycheck go further at the bar because of elevation and c) um....be out of Phoenix...which seems to be a good reason to have a road trip!
archaepelago:
I pop in to watch the conversation....I typically don't have anything that interesting to say 