surely he was acting ridculously and rather not selflessly throughout his life..
as the single person who can rightly claim to be the father of western philosphy, and who has had an influence on countless people, thought processes, ideas, and even other disciplines (theology, politics, and more recently psychology, sociology and so forth..), and who reinforced the general assumed idea that selflessness is the most important virtue, SURELY it was his obligation to the world to publish his thoughts.
i mean look at the influence of the republic, aristotles ethics etc. plato was the student of socrates, and aristotle of plato..
can we even begin to imagine the impact that the writings of 'the wisest man in the world' might have had? but my question really is was socrates selfish? why/why not? why didnt he publish his ideas?
2007-07-19
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