When asked by a young man if he should seek to marry, Socrates answered him:
“By all means marry: if you get a good wife, you will be happy; if you get a bad one, you will become a philosopher.”
The Oracle of Delphi called Socrates 'the wisest man' because he said:
"I know I know nothing!"
Of course, he only knew this because his wife, Xanthippe, told him so.
Every day!
August 8, 2010 at 13:26
“European superstate”? I’m not honestly sure what he means by that!
His overall point about making excuses for religious practices is indisputably a good one, though. And I laughed quite a lot during his video as well, despite the slightly aggressive style of delivery 🙂 Thanks for the little injection of skepticism there x
Xanthippa says:
Glad to be of service!
P.S. The ‘European Superstate’ he means is the EU – European Union. There are serious issues with it, including its constitution (the Treaty of Lisbon, which forbids ‘persecution’ of people for being pedophiles) and its basic governance structure, which makes bureaucracy superior to any elected (and thus accountable) officials.