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From: koan5/5/2017 1:05:29 PM
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People who know me well, know my favorite mentor was a man who lived 2500 years ago, Plato. This is ironic for me, because I mostly study contemporary thinkers as I find the edge of knowledge the most interesting place to be. What drew me to Plato when I was young and has allowed him to remain my constant companion, was the fact he discovered the two most important things in life, IMO: 1) Kindness as a way of life; and 2) the fact we are all born into an illusion and a major goal in life should be to try and find a way out of it and move into the world of reality to the degree possible. Note: see animated shorts of Plato's:" Allegory Of The Cave" on youtube".

1) Kindness as a way of life: Being kind should be every persons most important behavior. It is something we should all try to do all the time. As I taught my children: "kindness is a compass one should always keep close as it shows the way out of the darkest places. Plato said: "be kind to everyone".

2) And my second reason is that Plato, IMO, was the world's first existentialist. Imagine, he figured that concept out 2500 years ago as shown by his historic story: "The allegory of the Cave". Plato figured out 2500 years ago that we are all born into a world of illusion and the goal in life is to find ones way out of that illusion and into a more sophisticated reality Plato figured out 2500 years ago what 99% of the world still doesn't understand today.
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