[MD] Ironing out Socrates

[X Acto]

"Another metaphor that occurred to him was that he'd been on a tightrope all
of his life.  Now he'd fallen off and found that instead of crashing he was
flying, a strange new talent he never knew he had."

least yer not flyin blind 


 


----- Original Message ----
From: John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com>
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 12:36:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Ironing out Socrates

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:05 AM, X Acto <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> RMP's theme, from his own struggle with social norms
> to Lila with her struggle to the Zuni Brujo to Willam James Sidis. It' all
> about
> the struggle of the individual with society.
> Intellectual patterns with social patterns.
>
> John Carls post "a guy in his 50's"
> Gavins post "integrating the shadow"
>
> point to the that often misinterpreted quote of Socrates
>
> “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
>
> which would seem that the unexamined life is wrought
> with blind suffering.
>
>

While the examined life is wrought with eye-opening suffering... what a
relief!
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