Sublime

O “Bobo Sábio” é a pessoa que faz perguntas desconfortáveis ou traz à tona verdades desagradáveis.

Socrate cheminant dans l’agora posait à tous, riches ou pauvres, faibles ou puissants, les mêmes « grandes questions » (ta megala) : qu’est-ce que le bien ? Comment définir ce qui est juste ? Sur quels principes fonder la cité ? Il invitait les Athéniens à une conversion du regard, à une sortie d’eux-mêmes. Aujourd’hui, on lui proposerait de deveni

El escepticismo diseñó toda una serie de ejercicios filosóficos que tenían como objetivo enseñarnos a abstenernos de toda conclusión en lo referente a lo que está por encima de nuestras capacidades cognoscitivas. Gracias a esa ascesis escéptica, el tumor del dogmatismo había de ser extirpado de nuestra inteligencia, que quedaría liberada para ocupa

On Seneca’s reading, Socrates was being disingenuous, or characteristically ironic.

you want to learn, if you want to improve your life, seeking out teachers, philosophers, and great books is a good start. But this approach will only be effective if you’re humble and ready to let go of opinions you already have.

Socrates was the chief saint of the Stoics throughout their history; his attitude at the time of his trial, his refusal to escape, his calmness in the face of death, and his contention that the perpetrator of injustice injures himself more than his victim, all fitted in perfectly with Stoic teaching. So did his indifference to heat and cold, his pl

Socrates subjects the slave’s answers to further examination in such a way that even a false answer is made useful, becoming part of the route to the truth.