Frank, I think it was John Lennon.

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"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."

- John Lennon
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I think I have been reading too much philosphy books lately...

Plato was Aristotle's teacher but they have opposite views:

Plato's view was: People are inherently good

Aristotle's view: while people could be taught to be good, they are generally more self-interested, hence his claim in The Politics that “man is by nature a political animal."

I just thought it was interesting...and it is an on going debate.

your avatar reminded me of a few things as I hide yak my own thread...

I love Notre Dame. It is my favorite uni.

When I was in Paris, I made it a point to go to the Notre Dame Cathedral

but it was the Panthéon that I really was looking forward to visiting.

Buried there (finally) was Voltaire, one of my favorite philosophers...

Why I love Voltaire:

TRIGGERING, DO NOT READ IF YOU UPSET EASILY

Jean Calas was a shopkeeper from Toulouse who lived his life of quiet anonymity with his wife and six children.

On March 16 1762, Jean Calas was tied between two iron rings and stretched until....(I'll let you look the rest up if you are interested...)

he did not die, then, they subjected him to "question extraordinaire"...

he did NOT die...

they then bound him to a scaffold, and...(too graphic)

he still did NOT die..

they finally took pity on him, and they helped him to his death...

Voltaire was a rich and powerful person at this time. He was in exile from France.

He became champion of the oppressed...

He did dangerous things for the people...he didn't have to do that....he was a rich and powerful man else where, he could've just retired and lived out the rest of his life in comfort, he didn't....

and it took him three years, but he cleared Calas name...(if anyone is interested, please look up Jean Calas)

When we learned about Jean Calas in my philosophy class in college...the whole class was appalled...and it made me wanted to go "see" Voltaire if I was ever to go to Paris...

and I did...

his body was buried else where and wasn't allowed back and was finally buried at the Panthéon...

I guess in a way, that was what I was thinking of today....

today, is one of those days that my brain is everywhere....