Re: Philosophers + Drain
I find it very interesting that, considering the life he lived, he had so many friends around him.
In today's society, can you imagine a bunch of prominent citizens attending not only the funeral, but the suicide of a politically dissident, atheistic, out of favor troublemaker?
It says something about his personality, that not only were they all trying to stop him, but that he went along with it anyway.
There's maybe a distinction between what he did and teach, but if I were a teacher, I'd much rather 1: be teaching politically important individuals, and 2: I'd much rather give them reasons and opportunities to learn the answers to questions themselves, than force-feed them knowledge. It's a lot more efficient, and generally more effective.
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