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daskalos
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Location: The Road to Ithaca
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"Try not to live by only one truth - there are many that are important."
But, if I must choose just one:
"I only need to be betrayed once by any given person." And by betrayal I mean not just sad, pathetic disappointment, but visceral denial of essential being. |
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Zoobot
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:56 am Post subject: |
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| It is better to know a little about many things than much about one thing. |
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Omkara
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: USA
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| If you have never made a mistake in you life = you have never done anything at all in your life. |
If you've never stepped on someone's toes, you've never been for a walk.
I like this one of Nietzsche's, paraphrased: The surest way to corrupt a youth is to teach him to respect only those who think alike. |
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Wisconsinite
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
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| When you are down and out, God is up to something. |
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trubadour
Joined: 03 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| Omkara wrote: |
| Tarmangani wrote: |
| It's only wrong if you get caught. |
Ha!
That reminds me of the special ring that Plato talks about. If you put it on, you become invisible. If the person who wore that ring were truly ethical, he'd not. . .go into the girls locker room! (Ah, screw ethics!) |
cool - where did he mention this? |
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trubadour
Joined: 03 Nov 2006
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I know nothing
Socrates.
This helps me keep that commandment - judge not - |
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Omkara
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: USA
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| trubadour wrote: |
| Omkara wrote: |
| Tarmangani wrote: |
| It's only wrong if you get caught. |
Ha!
That reminds me of the special ring that Plato talks about. If you put it on, you become invisible. If the person who wore that ring were truly ethical, he'd not. . .go into the girls locker room! (Ah, screw ethics!) |
cool - where did he mention this? |
It's in the Republic. It's called the ring of Gyges. Here's a link:
http://plato-dialogues.org/tetra_4/republic/gyges.htm |
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