[ExI] Rejecting Socrates

[Dan]

Then you've changed your mind on your eatlier statement? In other words, you wouldn't reject his opinions on everything because you found his opinion on one thing or some things to be not to your liking, no?
 
Regards,
 
Dan

From: Will Steinberg <steinberg.will at gmail.com>
To: Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com>; ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] Rejecting Socrates/was Re: Libertarianism wins again...


I guess the right answer is...he said some good things and some bad things, and it was very long ago as well so that's got to be taken into account.
On Jul 25, 2011 12:58 PM, "Dan" <dan_ust at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Even if he held those views, I think it would be wrong to dismiss everything thing he supposedly believed. Don't you agree?
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>Regards,
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>Dan
>From: David Lubkin <lubkin at unreasonable.com>
>To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 12:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [ExI] Libertarianism wins again...
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>Dan wrote:
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>>For the record, I don't believe that's what Socrates believed
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>On the other hand, Socrates did think writing and books were bad
>ideas, so what did he know?
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>-- David.
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