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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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Calling myself a philosopher is too much ofc, but I am poor and always questioning. My friends call me philosopher, but I'm a bit more humble than that

Professional procrastinator. 
 Language geek.
 Videogame freak.

Haha you’re halfway there…. Now you just need to be WILLING to be poor

I am, I could have a lot more money than I do... But morals

Still too humble to call myself a philosopher, anyone calling themselves one, never grasped what it means to be one

"All I know is that I know nothing" is for smart people. Only dumb people think they know everything.

You can't be rich and be expected to understand those in need

You must be humble and poor, like Jesus Christ, to be able to consider yourself a philosopher. Even then, you need to be humbled if you think you're a philosopher

Why do I have to be willing to be poor in order to qualify as a real philosopher?