> How could these people be of such high caliber yet believe such vastly different things? I guess a Greek philosopher (Socrates or Plato) would say that it's

> How could these people be of such high caliber yet believe such vastly different things? I guess a Greek philosopher (Socrates or Plato) would say that it's because things like Truth, Justice and Virtue do exist independently and universally. They are not attached to people's religion, human laws, etc. In ancient Greek tragedies you can find themes that deal with this sort of questions[1] and if you look into Plato[1] you'll find incredibly thorough analysis on various topics such as knowledge, religion, laws, justice, slavery, etc. Considering the fact that Gods in Ancient Greece were beyond our definition of religion today, they were all over the place, in every-day life, that's astonishing. I was born Christian and Greece is the only modern theocratic European state, but I also reckon that religion and philosophy play well together only if you allow doubt into the equation. Otherwise you better stick with the beliefs/answers of your religion - whatever that religion might be - and stay the hell out of philosophers of such caliber or your mind is going to explode. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles)#Significance_and_interpretation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles)#Significan... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato