Cephalus, in answer to Socrates' question of whether life is harder towards the end, "For certainly old age has a great sense of calm and freedom; when the passions relax their hold, then, as Sophocles says, we are freed from the grasp not of one mad master only, but of many." (3) Plato, Trans. Benjamin…
Intellectual Curmudgeonry, Plato’s Legacy
Try this. When you step out of bed in the morning, open the curtains, take a big breath, and exclaim: What a wonderful day! I can’t believe how rational people are! It’s because somebody, say Plato, opened the curtains one morning, looked out at the world and said Oh… My… Gawd!What is wrong with people?! Can’t…
