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He is capable, but the whole point of the story is that he doesn't want to use this capability, and is lauded for that.
by smsm42 3y ago
He is capable, but the whole point of the story is that he doesn't want to use this capability, and is lauded for that.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoHe doesn't wish to organize his life around maximizing his output. The entire point of the story is to get people to consider to what extent that makes sense, and under what circumstances. If you consider a good life to be precisely how the fisherman already lives, it takes a rather compelling argument (and it make even require compelling force) that he should behave otherwise.
- smsm42 3y ago> If you consider a good life to be precisely how the fisherman already lives That's a pretty big if. I'd start with asking how is dental care in his village. Does the village doctor use anesthesia? Would the anesthesiologist accept fish as a payment, and how many fishes a pain-less root canal treatment costs? Maybe after learning the answers to these questions I'd consider some other definition of a good life.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoI strongly encourage you to take a vacation in the Greek Islands, preferably with some incipient emergency dental issue just starting to flare up. I think you'll find the dentist to be just fine.