When I began studying Philosophy many years ago, I quickly became enamored with the ancient Greeks – not just their philosophy, but their views on mathematics, science, engineering, governance, and life in general. I read a lot of Plato – and learned a lot about my hero – Plato’s teacher – Socrates. Plato wrote a book called “The Republic” (which I have read) – and shares his wisdom on Republics – with a few warnings scattered about. A quote from Plato and Aristotle.
“Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity? – Plato
“Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us.” – Aristotle
In the film “The Matrix”, Morpheus offers Neo 2 options: blue pill, red pill? https://youtu.be/zE7PKRjrid4
Ahhh. But it is a one sided test/question. Seems everyone forgets the other two options: no pill or both pills. This is called freewill. There are 4 choices, not 2. I bring this up because the colors red and blue have crushing political implications we are struggling with currently – with everyone choosing sides. https://youtu.be/bpOyQhgM1FU
“Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.” – Stephen Stills. https://youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY
These times are not unprecedented, nor is this “problem” we’re living a new phenomenon. Human nature has not changed since the fall of man. How lucky are we that our ancestors left us with wisdom, learned from failure, that we can use – if we will…???
In the Gospel of Mark 3:25, Jesus states, “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” – A. Lincoln
“One of the primary purposes of civilization – and certainly its primary strength – is the guarantee that family life can flourish in unity, peace, and order.” – Robert Kennedy
Our government was designed to be a mirror of our society. “What you say about his company is what you say about society.”
“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” – Mark Twain
This song is from 2003 y’all. We ain’t learned nothing (double negative on purpose), we ain’t fixed nothing (double negative on purpose). In the math world, negative x negative is positive, not negative. Love is a verb. Love is a gift whose only purpose is regifting. It is worthless until it is given away. Love is the human factor (multiplier) that turns lives from negative to positive – bad to good. Call me naïve if ya want, but there is no such thing as “post truth” – truth and love are the same person. “If ya never know truth, then ya never know love”.
Vote if you dare, but think before you vote. Give this idea a look – it may not be perfect, but it beats what we have currently. https://articlesofunity.org