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Manual Advance

Ideas can be expressed with diagrams and

graphs.

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Some ideas seem a bit abstract.

Feynman DiagramRichard Feynman

Nobel Prize, physics, 1965

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Some ideas are quite down to earth.

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Meat, Poultry, Dry Beans Eggs & Nuts Group

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And some ideas may be fun to talk about.

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But some ideas can be controversial.

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Then there are ideas that may provoke thinking, like the story I am about to tell.

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Once upon a time in ancient

Greece, there was a great

philosopher named Socrates.

The Great Philosopher

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Here is the story.

Socrates advocated, among other things,“Test of Three”.

Is it true?

Is it good?

Is it useful?Σωκράτης

Αληθινή? Καλή?

Χρήσιμες?

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The three tests are:

One day a man came to see him and said,

Do you know what I just

heard about one of your students?

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No, I just heard it.

Are you sure it is true?

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No, on the contrary!

Is it about something

good?

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No, not really…...

Is it useful to me?

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Sorry!!!

Then why do you want to tell

me?

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The man walked away,

embarrassed.

That was why Socrates

never learned that his

most famous student,

Plato, was having an affair

with his wife. ΠλάτωνPlato

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DisclaimerThis story, though widely

circulated, may not be true. It is only used here

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Now we wonder!

Is it really better for

Socrates not to

know about it?

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Or was it possible

that Socrates

already knew?

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Myrto on the left and

Xanthippe on the right

dousing him with water!

Was it his idea of

a wonderful life?!Socrates and his two wives

Reyer van Blommendael (ca. 1655)Ren’s Creations

But he had two wives!

He was also

sentenced to

death for

expressing his

ideas!

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Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David (1787).

What do you think?

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This presentation was inspired by Ali Anani’s Organize and

Analyze, specifically by Xiby’s discourse on the wisdom of

Socrates. Thanks, George , thanks Ali!

Postscript

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