I’m reminded of Steve Martin playing Socrates: “It was always: ‘Socrates, what is truth? Socrates, what is the nature of the good? Socrates, what should I order? Socrates, what are you having?’ And not once did anyone ever say: ‘Socrates, hemlock is poison!’”
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
He was a really cool dude. Especially when he did that hemlock experiment. Awesome!
I’m reminded of Steve Martin playing Socrates: “It was always: ‘Socrates, what is truth? Socrates, what is the nature of the good? Socrates, what should I order? Socrates, what are you having?’ And not once did anyone ever say: ‘Socrates, hemlock is poison!’”