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tldr (tim reilly)
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Plato’s greatest lesson hides in plain sight: If you are not willing to live like Socrates (poor, prone, and always questioning), you are not actually a “Philosopher” You may be philosophical; you may be friendly toward philosophy; you may admire philosophers. But mistaking yourself for a Philosopher can do a lot of harm to yourself, your city, and to real philosophy. (This is one of the big things that’s overlooked when people implicitly equate Plato’s Socrates with Plato.)
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Rico 🎩
@ricoxy
How is being poor a plus side for philosophers? If socrates tutored a few great minds, didn't he get some kind of compensation. Or he chose to stay poor.
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