[ExI] Rejecting Socrates

[Dan]

Wouldn't Aristotle have been using Greek -- not Latin? :)
 
Regards,
 
Dan

From: Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [ExI] Rejecting Socrates/was Re: Libertarianism wins again...


On 26 July 2011 04:31, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:

The number of people quoted daily that lived from 1000 BC to 0 AD can
>likely be counted on your fingers and toes. Socrates may have been
>wrong on many things, but the fact that his name is known at all today
>means that he was a very remarkable fellow.
>

Socrates is not directly quoted any more than, say, Santa Claus, given that he did not leave any writings behind.

But, yes, he is certainly amongst the most remarkable fellows of history. Some of them are, however, because they are archetipically negative, at least for some of us.

"Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas..."

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Stefano Vaj
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