I still think Athens got it wrong in convicting you for corrupting the youth...but by all admission, they must have been pretty peeved by being constantly shown up by the clever Whipper snappers.
What we all need everyday is a fresh response to life. To free ourselves from the straitjacket of old habits and preconceptions. The young, with their energy and confusion, remind us that life is something to discover, not to know.
There is a possibilty that we can't learn a thing from the youth because we have already corrupted them with our foolish ways.
ReplyDeleteI say, learn from the child before we and the rest of society get to them and their minds. Something I have written about in the past here:
http://www.knowledgereform.com/2009/08/09/the-wonderful-wisdom-of-becoming-a-child-again/
I still think Athens got it wrong in convicting you for corrupting the youth...but by all admission, they must have been pretty peeved by being constantly shown up by the clever Whipper snappers.
What we all need everyday is a fresh response to life. To free ourselves from the straitjacket of old habits and preconceptions. The young, with their energy and confusion, remind us that life is something to discover, not to know.
ReplyDeleteOnly a fool doesn't look to the young for answers, after all it is they who will inherit the world once we have done our damage.
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Jason, Nothing Profound, Argentum Vulgaris & Seb,
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your comments, my good friends.