Socrates was right...
Socrates was right, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Timely doses of honest self criticism/judgement may be good for the soul
but the price tag of brutal objectivity is too steep for the poor of spirit and faint of heart. Kicking your own butt for your own good ain't for
arrogant imposters or macho sissies. Few of my own self criticisms include: (1) Language: An unintentional imbalance which results when
my words are better than my thoughts... probably happens more often than when my thoughts are better than my words. (2) Enthusiasm:
My instinctive attention to meaningful detail sometimes loses its focus and goes far afield, failing to discriminate against ridiculous trivia.
(3) Subjectivity: Disdain for the crass and aborrhent in content, taste and style often obscures my objective view of the generational gap.
So, come on in. Swim some laps. Do a few off the high board. Blue skies and sunshine all day. Pool's not crowded and the water's fine.
😀
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyTimely bump for HandyAndy's benefit. This is the disclosure opportunity mentioned earlier this evening. Look forward to your reciprocity.
Socrates was right...
Socrates was right, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Timely doses of honest self criticism/judgement may be good for the soul
but the price tag of brutal objectivity is too steep for the poor of spirit and faint of heart. Kicking your own butt for your own good ain't for
arrogant imposters or macho sissies. ...[text shortened]... gh board. Blue skies and sunshine all day. Pool's not crowded and the water's fine.
😀
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby1. You say "Socrates was right..." He was expressing an opinion, you are asserting a fact. What evidence can you offer that you are correct?
Socrates was right...
Socrates was right, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Timely doses of honest self criticism/judgement may be good for the soul
but the price tag of brutal objectivity is too steep for the poor of spirit and faint of heart. Kicking your own butt for your own good ain't for
arrogant imposters or macho sissies. ...[text shortened]... gh board. Blue skies and sunshine all day. Pool's not crowded and the water's fine.
😀
2. Must self-knowledge only disclose negative qualities (as in your case) or could there also be positive qualities awaiting discovery?
3. Consider the following observation, attributed to Mark Twain: "The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the life too closely examined may not be lived at all."
Socrates was definitely fantastic distributing game, mainly thanks to
his awesome vision of the pitch -while in motion; standing yet always
gliding with the ball glued (to his foot -on a physical level; to his soul
-on a spiritual level). Which is the only way of playing football like the
gods, regarding the 10 rules of the game: 1 to 9, i.e. play as an art;
10, i.e. win as if in a science class (e.g. with simple math, binary
accuracy, i.e. 1 to 0 -min.
Socrates, as a living proof that the gods favor football over any other
sport (since football, badly named "soccer" by some ignorants, is what
the gods play) was given the gift of two-footed magic and, to make
things even more enjoyable for us -lay humans who rejoiced in the
man's superb footballing skills-,
a taste for scoring.
Socrates, the father of the blind heel pass.
The blind heel pass, i.e. Socrates' gift to the world
Spain. World Cup 1982. Always in our memory.
Originally posted by SeitseSocrates Brasileiro Sampaio deSouza Vieira deOliveira
Socrates was definitely fantastic distributing game, mainly thanks to
his awesome vision of the pitch -while in motion; standing yet always
gliding with the ball glued (to his foot -on a physical level; to his soul
-on a spiritual level). Which is the only way of playing football like the
gods, regarding the 10 rules of the game: 1 to 9, i.e. play as ...[text shortened]... ass, i.e. Socrates' gift to the world
Spain. World Cup 1982. Always in our memory.
Originally posted by HandyAndyThanks for your reply. Fully appreciate your RSVP declination. For Zorba the Greek, who came bounding joyfully out of the surf and onto
1. You say "Socrates was right..." He was expressing an opinion, you are asserting a fact. What evidence can you offer that you are correct?
2. Must self-knowledge only disclose negative qualities (as in your case) or could there also be positive qualities awaiting discovery?
3. Consider the following observation, attributed to Mark Twain: "The unexa ...[text shortened]... ed life may not be worth living, but the life too closely examined may not be lived at all."
the well populated afternoon beach, "Life is worth more than a fig leaf". Naked pool parties hold appeal for souls with nothing to hide.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyDid the idea that self-examination should be a public event come from Socrates, or was it inspired by Zorba?
Thanks for your reply. Fully appreciate your RSVP declination. For Zorba the Greek, who came bounding joyfully out of the surf and onto
the well populated afternoon beach, "Life is worth more than a fig leaf". Naked pool parties hold appeal for souls with nothing to hide.