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The Chaos Within
14.5.09
The 'Ability-to-philosophize-about-any-topic' Syndrome
Pick a subject and I'll show you a Greek who can rip it apart for hours on end without even taking a break between thoughts. It's as if their brains are hard-wired to some collective mind link that gives them their insidious gift of 'tongue-and-hand.' They can tongue lash at it until it turns bloody red, and then use they're 'kung-fu-hand-gestures' to chop it to pieces. They feel they have assimilated all of the knowledge that the world possesses; and have interpreted it in their own unique special kind of way - a way that can only be comprehended by them or someone with whom they've assimilated into their mind link. They don't tell you this upfront but you can easily discern it when they start doing what you see in the picture(the one to the left of the statue). They look down on you like you're some measly ant looking for their guidance.
Just like Socrates was found guilty of corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and sentenced to death by drinking the conium, so too should those who by their very nature corrupt the fabric that holds the structure of society in order. However, Socrates stood for something more and spoke against the injustices that he saw within the government, and because of his persistence he was considered like a gadfly to them. The reason I brought out the contrasting example of Socrates is so that we can see how two opposing philosophical trends have diverged - the one being mostly made up of the humble ignorant and the other of the arrogant omniscient. I don't think I need to elaborate on who's who - I believe the reader can differentiate between the two.
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