In the age of free information flow, we do well in being hesitant about sharing.
In my philosophy class in varsity, we studied Plato, who wrote narratives about his teacher, Socrates. Like most students, I felt that the text was tedious and dry, boring almost. The generous Crito, Thrasymachus the sophist, Euthyphro the accuser of his own father, Timaeus the Pythagorean, Meno the young general and Phaedo, Plato’s fellow student: what have they got to do with us today?
One very poignant text was Apology of Socrates from which we get Plato’s famous “the unexamined life is not worth living”.
Clichéd as it may sound today – we’ve seen it in countless Facebook statuses and walls – I believe this is what we really need at this juncture.
