Wed 17 Jun, 2009 08:30 am - [QUOTE=Fido;69862]If he had wanted his society to survive...[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Fido;69870]You cannot both want to change society and want it to survive unchanged...[/QUOTE]
When you talked about... (view)
Wed 17 Jun, 2009 06:50 am - [QUOTE=Theages;69816]"self serving and divisive politics" = democracy
He was disgusted by democracy and preferred rule by the few. This can be seen both theoretically in the rigid... (view)
Tue 16 Jun, 2009 07:20 pm - [QUOTE=Theages;68042]Don't generalize -- Plato was not interested in free and independent thought. He was a known consort of tyrants. He, like all of us, wanted to rule over all men and to be... (view)
Tue 16 Jun, 2009 07:53 am - [QUOTE=nameless;69555]You obviously have no experience in any 'mystical practice'... [/QUOTE]
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Yanhui, a pupil of Confucius, said "I have made some gain." Confucius asked,... (view)
Fri 12 Jun, 2009 09:18 am - Christianity did not replace ancient Greek philosophy, but ancient Greek religion. Ancient Greek philosophy did not die, but evolved through many forms into modern western philosophy. We are its... (view)
Fri 12 Jun, 2009 07:41 am - I suggest using metal for chairs and any surfaces participants might touch. Metal has a higher thermal conductivity and may lead participants to feel hotter or colder than expected. I also... (view)
Wed 10 Jun, 2009 02:15 pm - Regarding L.W.'s early education:
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He benefited from the personal attention of a small army of tutors that his father employed to educate his children (at one... (view)
Tue 9 Jun, 2009 07:00 am - So in your view the strong are happy and the weak are not. Also you seem to imply that we all get weaker as we age so we will increasingly be less able to overcome challenges and therefore less... (view)
