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Virtue
Oct 19, 2004 19:12:18 GMT -5
Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Oct 19, 2004 19:12:18 GMT -5
When the great Greek philosopher Socrates was condemned to death by a jury of Athenian citizens, he refleted on the nature of virtue and spoke the following words to the judges....
"And so I am hardly angry with my accusers, or those who have condemned me. Yet it was not with this mind that they accuse me and condemned me, but rather they meant to do me an injury. Only to that extent I find fault with them. Yet I have one request to make of them. When my sons grow up, visit them with punishment, my friends, and vex them in the same way that I have vexed you if they seem to care for riches or for anything other than virtue; and if they think that they are something when they are nothing at all, reproach them as I have reproached you for not caring for what they should and thinking they are great men when in fact they are worthless. And if you will do this, I myself and my sons will have received our deserts at your hands."
More people on this board should strive to be virtuous.
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Virtue
Oct 19, 2004 19:41:36 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Oct 19, 2004 19:41:36 GMT -5
I thought you were going to post about Erin Virtue.
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Virtue
Oct 19, 2004 19:49:10 GMT -5
Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Oct 19, 2004 19:49:10 GMT -5
I thought you were going to post about Erin Virtue. I started with Erin and Katie but Socrates is much more appealing.
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Virtue
Oct 19, 2004 20:06:02 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Oct 19, 2004 20:06:02 GMT -5
Could you summarize the quote for me? You know, those Greek dudes and their lingo...
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