An atheist philosophy of life, per Albert Camus

Cypress said:
His friends claimed they could bribe the guards to help him escape, but sneaking out and going on the lam was against Socrates' principles, so he didn't think it was a realistic choice for him.
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One lesson that stuck with me from a HS philosophy class, and was reinforced with future classes in both philosophy and sociology, is that the TV show "Gunsmoke" wasn't about a 19th century marshal in a 19th century town, but a 20th century marshal in a 19th century setting. The lesson being we tend to judge people of the past with modern social values.

Socrates was an ancient Greek who died over 400 before Jesus. Those judging Socrates using 21st century Christian-based American values are lacking in understanding of his life and times.

IMO, Socrates was a good teacher who made a lasting impact upon his students and western history. Right or wrong, results count.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
One lesson that stuck with me from a HS philosophy class,
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To stay awake?


Dutch Uncle said:
and was reinforced with future classes in both philosophy and sociology
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So you've sat through more than one? Why can't you learn?



Dutch Uncle said:
IMO, Socrates was a good teacher who made a lasting impact upon his students and western history. Right or wrong, results count.
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LOL,

Thank heavens this is standard pablum. No thought necessary on your part. Fits right in there.
 
Hume said:
Yes, we know. Hume is vile and hatefilled.






Thank for your EXPLICIT AGREEMENT.
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Hume likes to lick perineums. Oh Hume CANNOT get enough funky perineum sweat on their tongue. "YUM YUM!" Screams Hume when fresh perineum is nearby.

Even corpse perineums are acceptable to HUME!
 
Daylight63 said:
Hume likes to lick perineums. Oh Hume CANNOT get enough funky perineum sweat on their tongue. "YUM YUM!" Screams Hume when fresh perineum is nearby.

Even corpse perineums are acceptable to HUME!
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Hume likes to lick perineums. Oh Hume CANNOT get enough funky perineum sweat on their tongue. "YUM YUM!" Screams Hume when fresh perineum is nearby.

Even corpse perineums are acceptable to HUME!

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Dutch Uncle said:
One lesson that stuck with me from a HS philosophy class, and was reinforced with future classes in both philosophy and sociology, is that the TV show "Gunsmoke" wasn't about a 19th century marshal in a 19th century town, but a 20th century marshal in a 19th century setting. The lesson being we tend to judge people of the past with modern social values.

Socrates was an ancient Greek who died over 400 before Jesus. Those judging Socrates using 21st century Christian-based American values are lacking in understanding of his life and times.

IMO, Socrates was a good teacher who made a lasting impact upon his students and western history. Right or wrong, results count.
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Good point. The challenge for the historian is to investigate ancient people on their own terms, and not look at them in the rear view mirror from the 21st century.
 
Cypress said:
Good point. The challenge for the historian is to investigate ancient people on their own terms, and not look at them in the rear view mirror from the 21st century.
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LOL.

Rub Dutch harder. He's almost there.....


You two are hilarious. Talk about Linear Algebra next!
 
Cypress said:
Good point. The challenge for the historian is to investigate ancient people on their own terms, and not look at them in the rear view mirror from the 21st century.
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Agreed.

Same goes for the Founders, especially Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was a slaver and, per 21st standards, a rapist of Sally Hemings. He also a man ahead of his time and largely wrote one of the greatest documents in history, the Declaration of Independence.

The more I learn about history, the more I try to learn from it without judgment of the times and how it can be applied to the present.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
Agreed.

Same goes for the Founders, especially Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was a slaver and, per 21st standards, a rapist of Sally Hemings. He also a man ahead of his time and largely wrote one of the greatest documents in history, the Declaration of Independence.

The more I learn about history, the more I try to learn from it without judgment of the times and how it can be applied to the present.
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Jefferson is an interesting case.

He knew that slavery was wrong morally.

But he was constantly in debt, and not a particularly good businessman, so he seemed to have felt compelled to keep his slaves as a necessary economic asset.

He seems to have made some promises to Sally Hemmings that he either didn't keep, or was glacier-slow to make good on. And I think the social expectations of a promise was reasonably similar in both 18th and 21st century.
 
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