tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134409529300874303.post5792822907299351554..comments2023-11-05T01:40:32.615-07:00Comments on Lengthy Epitaph: Doing the Right Thing....Bruce Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898228670873232050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134409529300874303.post-47799596979759460012009-11-18T13:32:43.107-08:002009-11-18T13:32:43.107-08:00I already read this one I think. But yeah. no pupp...I already read this one I think. But yeah. no puppy love for you I guess.<br><br>puppy hater!Mrs. Holly Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360433416733092249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134409529300874303.post-69183500133626276172006-03-23T11:01:00.000-08:002006-03-23T11:01:00.000-08:00The title of this piece reminds me of one of my fa...The title of this piece reminds me of one of my favorite people, Albert Jay Nock, and one of his essays, "On Doing the Right Thing." I couldn't find it online, but I have it in hard copy. In the essay, Nock explained that education produced 'intelligenz' [sic] -- "the power invariably, in Plato's phrase, to see things as they are, to survey them and one's own relations to them with objective disinterestedness, and to apply one's consciousness to them simply and directly, letting it take its own way over them uncharted by prepossession, unchannelled by prejudice, and above all uncontrolled by routine and formula" (On Doing the Right Thing And Other Essays, 9). The educated man was capable of independent thought. Unfortunately, Nock believed few people were educable. After pondering his comments, I am inclined to agree. Even the brightest of the computer nerds is frequently only trained, and not at all educated. If I were to ask him or her about Plato's philosophy of government, I would get a blank stare. On the other hand, some are autodidactic. Whaddaya think?Seditious Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190197704310520322noreply@blogger.com