Mole
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Thank you for your welcome.
Most of all I like to think but I find I can't think without dissenting. This is most natural as the founder of Western Philosophy, Socrates, was a noble dissenter.
And the purpose of Western thought is to transcend itself and dissent is the path to transcendence.
But we must learn control before we can nobly dissent. It takes about 22 years to reach the peak of our control but then if we are to continue growing as a person, we need to do the unthinkable and learn to let go of control at will.
Unfortunately conformists cannot tell the difference between chaos and creativity. And so with the best intentions in the world, conformists and authoritarians have an allergic reaction to creativity.
Socrates found this two and a half thousand years ago - and we find it today.
So creative thinking today requires above all else - moral courage.
Thanks for your welcome.
Victor.
Most of all I like to think but I find I can't think without dissenting. This is most natural as the founder of Western Philosophy, Socrates, was a noble dissenter.
And the purpose of Western thought is to transcend itself and dissent is the path to transcendence.
But we must learn control before we can nobly dissent. It takes about 22 years to reach the peak of our control but then if we are to continue growing as a person, we need to do the unthinkable and learn to let go of control at will.
Unfortunately conformists cannot tell the difference between chaos and creativity. And so with the best intentions in the world, conformists and authoritarians have an allergic reaction to creativity.
Socrates found this two and a half thousand years ago - and we find it today.
So creative thinking today requires above all else - moral courage.
Thanks for your welcome.
Victor.