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Blogs > alteridalterego > Sensual Symphony

alteridalterego 64M
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8/6/2007 4:29 am

Last Read:
9/2/2007 12:08 am
The Philospher Dogs
My favorite quote from Plato is, "The is a true philosopher."

Not everything Plato said delights me; he had alarming ideas for censorship.

Here is the argument supporting his conclusion in his well known conversational style. I love it! Woof!

Why, a dog, whenever he sees a stranger, is angry; when an acquaintance, he welcomes him, although the one has never done him any harm, nor the other any good. Did this never strike you as curious?

The matter never struck me before; but I quite recognize the truth of your remark.

And surely this instinct of the is very charming; your is a true philosopher.

Why?

Why, because he distinguishes the face of a friend and of an enemy only by the criterion of knowing and not knowing. And must not an animal be a lover of learning who determines what he likes and dislikes by the test of knowledge and ignorance?

Most assuredly.

And is not the love of learning the love of wisdom, which is philosophy?

They are the same, he replied.

And may we not say confidently of man also, that he who is likely to be gentle to his friends and acquaintances, must by nature be a lover of wisdom and knowledge?

That we may safely affirm.

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