Glad to see you posting again, an excellent write-up. I particularly enjoyed the section in which you highlight that oftentimes it isn't possible for successful people to chart a navigable path for aspirants of similar accomplishments. I am reminded of a section of Plato's Meno I am fond of:
"... if it is not knowledge, the only alternative is that it is through right opinion that statesmen follow the right course for their cities. As regards knowledge, they are no different from soothsayers and prophets... virtue would be neither an inborn quality nor taught, but comes to those who possess it as a gift from the gods which is not accompanied by understanding..."
Glad to see you posting again, an excellent write-up. I particularly enjoyed the section in which you highlight that oftentimes it isn't possible for successful people to chart a navigable path for aspirants of similar accomplishments. I am reminded of a section of Plato's Meno I am fond of:
"... if it is not knowledge, the only alternative is that it is through right opinion that statesmen follow the right course for their cities. As regards knowledge, they are no different from soothsayers and prophets... virtue would be neither an inborn quality nor taught, but comes to those who possess it as a gift from the gods which is not accompanied by understanding..."
What a beautiful reflection!
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