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Friday 10 March 2017

Prescient Plato is prescient

I was going to take a break after the first 500 pages of Plato, but I can't.

A sick man takes pleasure in anything that does not resist him, but sees anyone who is equal or superior to him as an enemy.

You can draw your own analogies from that, I'm sure.

2 comments:

  1. Do you know of any philosophical groups in Prague? It would be nice to sit down and discuss classical and contemporary works. I have just finished Republic and bought Rhetoric.

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  2. I don't, but if I did I'd consider going.

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