"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Betrayed by a Sandal

Empedocles of Akragas

"Empedocles contributed to the growth of medicine proper. The death of the philosopher has been made the subject of several entertaining fables, the best known being that he jumped into the crater Etna in order to make people think that he had gone up to heaven and esteem him as a god. Unfortunately, he left one of his slippers (Or it was tossed up by the volcano) on the brink of the volcano, and, as he used to wear slippers with brazen soles, it was easily recognized. Diogenes,however,who recounts this story, also informs us that "Timaeus contradicts all these stories, saying expressly that he departed into Peloponnesus, and never returned at all."

A history of Philosophy. Frederick Copleston. Volume 1, Greece and Rome
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