Re: We can't get shows like this in America

What would we call the people around Jesus or Ron Hubard? friends students?
were they learning a philosophy a new religion

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Socrates taught his students that the pursuit of truth can only begin once
they start to question and analyze every belief that they ever held dear. If
a certain belief passes the tests of evidence, deduction, and logic, it
should be kept. If it doesn't, the belief should not only be discarded, but
the thinker must also then question why he was led to believe the erroneous












Diane L <diane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Magda wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 10:00:33 -0000, in rec.arts.drwho, "Diane L"
> > <diane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> arranged some electrons, so they looked
> > like this :
> >
> > ...
> > ... You think there were no teachers in Athens before Socrates?
> > ... He studied just like the other young men of Athens studied. Just
> > ... because we don't know the name of any of his teachers doesn't
> > ... mean he had none.
> >
> > Socrates was NOT a goddam teacher!
>
> I thought your argument was that *he* had no teacher, that he was
> Teacher Zero, as I believe you put it. Now you're claiming that because
> he was a philosopher, he wasn't a teacher, as if that backs up your
> previous statement. It doesn't. Socrates had a group of young men
> (including Plato) who gathered around him to study and discuss
> philosophy - what would you call that other than teaching?
>
> Diane L.
>
>


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