tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post1338178092661768492..comments2024-03-13T13:29:33.800-05:00Comments on SocraticGadfly: Socrates is overrated (updated and expanded)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-67641788650712230922019-12-14T20:04:01.516-06:002019-12-14T20:04:01.516-06:00Philosophy and I don't get along well. It took...Philosophy and I don't get along well. It took me five tries to get through Robert Pirsig's <i> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</i>, and all I got out of it was that when there is such a huge debate over the meaning of the word "value", the only conclusion I can draw is that philosophers need to get jobs and connect with the reality the rest of us must face daily.<br /><br />Maybe this should also apply to Socrates, whose constant assertions that only he was correct turned me off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com