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The Greek Philosophy of Man
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The Greek Philosophy of Man
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The Greek Philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle taught that the proper way to solve the problem of man is to first inquire into and discover the true nature of man.
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The solution to his present problems caused mostly by ignorance or lack of knowledge, can be found by recalling all what he knew clearly in his former existence.
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REFLECTION:
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The Cosmic Computer
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Reflecting on the pure mind of the perfect man visualized by Plato and Socrates equipped with all the knowledge of all things, we see such mind equivalent to a cosmic computer brain in this our third generation age of computers. 1. -------------------------------------------------
Both have limitless, potentially infinite memory. 2. -------------------------------------------------
Both can solve all problems of man, present and future by programming 3. -------------------------------------------------
Both can solve any problem by instantaneous recall of the required data or information from their cosmic memory.
SOCRATES
Socrates was a classical GreekAthenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays ofhis contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity.
Through his portrayal in Plato's dialogues, Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics, and it is this Platonic Socrates who lends his name to the concepts of Socratic irony and the Socratic
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