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04-17-07
The type of critical, rational thinking that Socrates promoted and helped develop greatly, greatly helps in understanding most areas of knowledge, including physics. Essentially, I was saying that if Dyshade followed some of these steps, such as reading Socrates, in order to educate and better himself, he might be able to better engage in relevant conversations about any such topic, including science or religion or whathaveyou. When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
- John Adams |