Chesterfield thinks so. He said "Cicero (very absurdly, and unbecomingly for a philosopher), said "...
2007-02-06 06:53:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Anytime you would rather just listen to what someone else thinks rather than trying to find out the truth for yourself you are missing something. You can have the utmost respect for someone, but you have to discover truth yourself. If someone ever said that about me, I would tell them they were being ignorant.
2007-02-06 09:33:33 · answer #1 · answered by real illuminati(Matt) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe he was simply marking Plato's wisdom over others. Cicero was placing himself above others yet beneath Plato.
It reminds me of Ecclesiastes 7:5 "It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools."
2007-02-06 16:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by DeanPonders 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
may be not, Cicero probably wanted to say that Plato's wise system is great, that he prefer to stick to it with its mistakes, than to an inferior system of ideas that's right about them. so maybe chesterfield didn't think deeply about it.
2007-02-06 15:44:13 · answer #3 · answered by YM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are right with Plato then you will be wrong with someone else I'd rather be right with objective reality than be wrong with someone else
2007-02-06 15:01:58 · answer #4 · answered by Micheal A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are all idiots, or we would not be here.
2007-02-07 05:19:50 · answer #5 · answered by los 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋