Socrates was right...

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Did the idea that self-examination should be a public event come from Socrates, or was it inspired by Zorba?

You're missing the point again, Andy. Obviously the dynamics of the daily process occur in private. No shame sharing the fruits with friends.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
You're missing the point again, Andy. Obviously the dynamics of the daily process occur in private. No shame sharing the fruits with friends.

True. But not everyone in this forum is your friend.



(I thought you knew that.)

Originally posted by HandyAndy
True. But not everyone in this forum is your friend.



(I thought you knew that.)

If there is one thing I have learned about Bobby...he has no enemies, it is everyone else who has made themselves an enemy in spite of a very friendly person.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Socrates was right...



Socrates was right, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Timely doses of honest self criticism/judgement may be good for the soul

but the price tag of brutal objectivity is too steep for the poor of spirit and faint of heart. Kicking your own butt for your own good ain't for

arrogant imposters or macho sissies.

Duty! Sublime and mighty name that embraces nothing charming or insinuating but requires submission, and yet does not seek to move the will by threatening anything that would arouse natural aversion or terror in the mind but only holds forth a law that of itself finds entry into the mind and yet gains reluctant reverence...

Originally posted by uzless
Duty! Sublime and mighty name that embraces nothing charming or insinuating but requires submission, and yet does not seek to move the will by threatening anything that would arouse natural aversion or terror in the mind but only holds forth a law that of itself finds entry into the mind and yet gains reluctant reverence...

Kant?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Thanks for your reply. Fully appreciate your RSVP declination. For Zorba the Greek, who came bounding joyfully out of the surf and onto

the well populated afternoon beach, "Life is worth more than a fig leaf". Naked pool parties hold appeal for souls with nothing to hide.

"Luminous beings we are... not this crude matter." -- Yoda

Originally posted by Suzianne
"Luminous beings we are... not this crude matter." -- Yoda

Yoda was right.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
True. But not everyone in this forum is your friend.



(I thought you knew that.)

Our enemies are indifferent to us and ignore our threads and posts. They have much better things to do with their time. Next question?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Next question?

Why do you always insist on having the last word?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Our enemies are indifferent to us

If they were indifferent, they wouldn't be your enemies.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Our enemies are indifferent to us and ignore our threads and posts. They have much better things to do with their time. Next question?

not true, not true, on the contrary, we tend to visit the forum at least every other month to see whats afloat, when we have absolutely nothing better to do.
next question - is the unexamined chess game worth being played?

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Kant?

It's Grampy Bobby reworded

Originally posted by uzless
It's Grampy Bobby reworded

Are you saying Grampy is a Kant? 😲

Originally posted by cashthetrash
If there is one thing I have learned about Bobby...he has no enemies, it is everyone else who has made themselves an enemy in spite of a very friendly person.

Rec'd

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Why do you always insist on having the last word?

The one that has the last word will end up all alone.