Plato held that only a few wise philosophers could infer concepts like 'justice' intuitively. The far greater number of people (including lawyers) only know them as tenuous shadows in a cave, over which they bicker as to their shape. — ernestm
Sounds like the typical Internet message board poster personality to me. — Terrapin Station
Sounds like the typical Internet message board poster personality to me. — Terrapin Station
s it true that only a few people are capable of reason, as Plato says? Are there really philosopher kings? — ernestm
I dont understand exactly, but what I learned since Elizabeth Warren decided to run for election, I am not going to be able to read social media at all. Now all the Trump inanity is going to happen in inverse, and I dont have the stomach for it any more. — ernestm
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