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Ideas can be expressed with diagrams and
graphs.
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Some ideas seem a bit abstract.
Feynman DiagramRichard Feynman
Nobel Prize, physics, 1965
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Some ideas are quite down to earth.
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And some ideas may be fun to talk about.
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But some ideas can be controversial.
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Then there are ideas that may provoke thinking, like the story I am about to tell.
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Once upon a time in ancient
Greece, there was a great
philosopher named Socrates.
The Great Philosopher
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Here is the story.
Socrates advocated, among other things,“Test of Three”.
Is it true?
Is it good?
Is it useful?Σωκράτης
Αληθινή? Καλή?
Χρήσιμες?
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The three tests are:
One day a man came to see him and said,
Do you know what I just
heard about one of your students?
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No, I just heard it.
Are you sure it is true?
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No, on the contrary!
Is it about something
good?
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No, not really…...
Is it useful to me?
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Sorry!!!
Then why do you want to tell
me?
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The man walked away,
embarrassed.
That was why Socrates
never learned that his
most famous student,
Plato, was having an affair
with his wife. ΠλάτωνPlato
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DisclaimerThis story, though widely
circulated, may not be true. It is only used here
as a platform for expressing ideas.Ren’s
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Now we wonder!
Is it really better for
Socrates not to
know about it?
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Or was it possible
that Socrates
already knew?
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Myrto on the left and
Xanthippe on the right
dousing him with water!
Was it his idea of
a wonderful life?!Socrates and his two wives
Reyer van Blommendael (ca. 1655)Ren’s Creations
But he had two wives!
He was also
sentenced to
death for
expressing his
ideas!
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Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David (1787).
What do you think?
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This presentation was inspired by Ali Anani’s Organize and
Analyze, specifically by Xiby’s discourse on the wisdom of
Socrates. Thanks, George , thanks Ali!
Postscript
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