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To: Travis McGee

In Plato’s Republic, if I remember correctly, there is a discussion of whether its better to be a just man hated and despised as an unjust man, OR instead an unjust man loved and revered as a just man. Its one of those “bottom line” life questions.


58 posted on 06/13/2010 12:27:06 PM PDT by dinoparty
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To: dinoparty

Regardless of how it looks to others, I imagine it really depends on the individual.


62 posted on 06/13/2010 12:29:31 PM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: dinoparty
In Plato’s Republic, if I remember correctly, there is a discussion of whether its better to be a just man hated and despised as an unjust man, OR instead an unjust man loved and revered as a just man.

Gee, don't know.

Let's ask a US Senator,

81 posted on 06/13/2010 1:08:58 PM PDT by woofer
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To: dinoparty

That’s deep and worth pondering, indeed.


111 posted on 06/13/2010 6:48:09 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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