Plato counseled Dionysius II of Syracuse, Descartes counseled Queen Christina of Sweden, and Locke was a counselor in the household of the first Earl of Shaftesbury. These are just a few examples of the philosophers who counseled royalty, politicians, clergy and all others who asked for their services. Though philosophy has become a purely academic profession in the last few centuries, at the end of the 20th century private philosophy tutors and counselors are increasingly gaining popularity.
Adam wrote:Illocutionary, make that a large fries please.
Adam wrote:Illocutionary, make that a large fries please.
Really when you think about it, jobs are for losers anyway.
LostGuy wrote:Really when you think about it, jobs are for losers anyway.
I mean people go to school for how many years, to get high salery jobs that require them to be available 24/7. They get all sorts of money, so they can do what? Get a house so big they never have to see their kids? Eat steak every night and die early of a heart attack? Most likely get themeslves scammed by bigger badder corporations so that they are in debt like everyone else, just a bigger debt. They wait all year so they can have a mounth of peace and maybe just a little contemplation- something a philosophical bum gets on a daily basis.
Wisdumb wrote:So true. They just get on the treadmill of life and never even reflect about it. But hey, if thats what they made their purpose in life to be, then let them be.
unfortunately for Inonothing he isn't serious, eventhough he desperately wants to be
whitelotus wrote:and from what I read here either I'm very dumb or crafedog didn't understand much of Plato.
whitelotus wrote:first of all he doesn't get freed
whitelotus wrote:this would be a rather odd interpretation that doesn't fit the story the least bit. Especially since the people in the cave are as you may have noticed rather inactive.
whitelotus wrote:Second wealth and position is not something plato was against nor do you see much of it coming back in the myth of the cave.
whitelotus wrote:Also the fact that he isn't very willing to go up there and that if he would see the light he'd run back means that this whole "free spirit" bit is far fetched.
whitelotus wrote:Of course you completely skip the phases the prisoner goes through in your 'interpretation'...is that jus for fun that plato wrote that? page filling? Plus that Plato actually says himself what this is about namely "education" though the type of education he gives is one that would get a lot of angry parents in what is the aitia (badly translated with cause ) of all things
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