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> If Plato had the answers, we should have learned by now. The passage of time doesn't implies moral progress, unlike natural sciences who progress is only for
by diegoholiveira 6y ago
> If Plato had the answers, we should have learned by now.
The passage of time doesn't implies moral progress, unlike natural sciences who progress is only forward. What I'm want to mean by this is: we'll do the same mistakes again and again and again.
- totetsu 6y agoDemocracy however defined, is ongoing work for all involved.
- llamaz 6y agoHave you been reading John Gray too?
- prox 6y agoEvery generation learns anew, so that is one of the reasons why this occurs. At best you have a mentor who is at max 100 years old. Books can be informative, but it is no substitute for people actually being part of history. Especially if you frame it in the lens of power dynamics and the ownership of wealth. Those in power are connected to those with wealth and their ethics and politics determine to a great extend what happens.