"For wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the sake and in the service of the body…" —Socrates, as depicted by Plato in "Phædo"
The issue in philosophy apparently isn't whether you agree. I
mean, I flunked. Socrates is quite convincing, but I don't. The
state, rebuked, does not improve. The body is all we have. It's
true ideas last longer. Plato is a terrific writer. Death not
dreadful, only the end. While we are alive, let us live and love.
"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." —Kahlil Gibran
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