The world arises
in indignation...
In more than 950 cities crowds occupy public spaces asking for financial
justice for the 99% of world population taken hostage by a corrupt
leadership system.
But, should the claimed justice be a fare share of the privileges held
by the 1%, without questioning the unsustainable assumptions of the
greed driven system?
Indignation for
being victims or to become The Change?
Could we arise with "DIGNITY"?
Daring to question ourselves, our truths,
expectations and criteria for success as Human Beings. Daring to
educate ourselves, to conquer our human dignity and role in nature, to
walk on a path of a conscious evolution.
Socrates
stresses that the philosopher's goal is a superior kind of knowledge, a
knowledge that flowers in wisdom, justice, and a deep caring for the
welfare of all the citizens of the state, not an elect few.
For Socrates, the fundamental knowledge is that
which obeys the imperative inscribed on the oracle at Delphi:
"Know
Thyself".
Socrates conversing with a Muse
Virtue
and reason are in no way contradictory and philosophy is not a mere
intellectual speculation, but a way of life. The Delphic oracle
described him as "the wisest of men", precisely because he recognised
the limitations of human knowledge. His "I only know that I know
nothing" is the recognition of those limits.
Man is, then, the object of knowledge, and all
that contributes to his happiness arises from an inner fullness and not
from the enjoyment of external things.
The Socratic questions tear to pieces acquired
knowledge and ignorance disguised as erudition, demonstrating that
reason and virtue are not two contradictory concepts, since reasoning is
indispensable for discovering the Good, the Beautiful and the Just.