Socrates

Socrates

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  • J'ai récemment appris...

    "Wise individuals can learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid have all the answers already." Socrates

    I like Socrates and have written a few cartoons featuring him. When I came across this quote I thought it very insightful. We can learn from the experience of others without having to make the same mistakes but it is not a common skill.

  • Ce qui m'intéresse dans les autres cultures

    There is a wisdom we can find in other cultures - reading Thucydides I am struck not by the differences but rather the similarities. I particularly enjoy hearing proverbs from other cultures such as the chinese proverb re Shakespeare "A thousand hamlets, a thousand voices". What proverbs would you contribute to my collection?

  • Villes et pays visités

    Ephesus must be one of the most interesting and maybe comes close to Pompeii in being a whole city excavated.

  • Vivre à l'étranger pendant un an

    A Greek island such as Crete. Having loved their summer I would like to experience their winter. It would be a step towards emigrating. I find the Greek culture very friendly, family oriented and welcoming. (Their warm climate, sunshine and beaches have a little to do with my love of Greeks and Greece)

  • Je suis capable de...

    I have come to realise that my one skill is perhaps 'synthesis'. It is not so much in discovering something new but rather in joining the dots to see something from a new perspective. If I have a "superpower" it is asking questions (lovely scene in Avengers when spiderman asks batman what his superpower is, Bruce replies I'm rich)

  • Livres/auteurs/films favoris

    Babylon 5, The Peloponnesian War by Thuclydides, The Natural History of Scotland (NN series),

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