The Washington times., 1926-01-11

British Museum just aquired remarkable
ancient statuette the only Of kind in existence made at
least $500 years ago This is pre OF it. showing Socrates
the great Greek philosopher heaked about Athens
he doesn't compare in beauty 18th young Acbiades,
Of his friends with Valentino ofpur day. But he had quail
tiles lacking in Alcibiades and Vahtino.
In Greek philosophy three nnes stand out Socrates
Aristotle, and the three have TAUGHT THE WORLD.
Socrates the simplest smOcratic, of great
courage, physical and mental
Plato q beautiful writer interesting thinker. His
Republic is the greatest Of all political magnings Aristotle
the great scientist with such asst learning
Alexander the Great he could has nsled in him his own
wisdom Alexander wouldn't have ded young
Return to this old Socrates Eeresting to every man.
woman, boy and girl.
Did this philosophical gentleman possess courage
mental concentration? Yes he did, hdeed And he possessed
great physical courage also.
Patos Symposium pick put in it the story told
by Alcibiades handsome arbcratic, drunken young
Athenan He tells how Socrates sbod in position for
twenty-four hours end THINKns. Imagine any modern
doing that Try NOW, to think with concentration
thing for three minutes not letting Jour mind wander You
probably won't be able to do it.
You also of battlefield barefoot with
the the ground etreang wien others had retreated
But while they away Socrates stalked slowly
rolling his eyes like pelican and me eyes
was enough to turn back his pursuers.
alive, he modest about it.
When they decided officially that hi the wise of the
Greeks he said They do that probably because know that
know nothing
condemned because
and hated his influence he accepted h fate phosophcy
and refused to escape although his fds could easily have
saved his e and the officials would have been
him go.
preferred, he said to good example the last
talked with his friends drank tia poisonous hemlock
died slowly dscoursing philosophcay wonderful specimen
of the human T.
young ladies might be Interested in him for
he devoted much discourse LOVE higher aspects
You will be much interested reading the Symposium when
you Socrates description of his conversations with
presumably lovely Diotma Greek lady that taught him
what he knew about love and its nobest attribute
It is pity we don't know more than do about her.
you pass forever from this picture look Socrates
magnificent head He have been combination of the
brachycephaic the doicocephac type with wide
long head And WHAT BRAIN THERE WAS INSIDE THAT
LONG AND WIDE SKULL!
For further information get at the public library the
works of Plato read the Apologize" the Symposium and
the 'Phaedo Read the Republic also or at least the
chapter about the men in the
Socrates in way is like the famous Englishman
Samuel Johnson We know of them by own writ
ings, but by what others wrote about them
Socrates wrote little or nothing He talked and others
remembered and put down what he sad.
Without Platos writings should know yerv little about
this Greek, great in intellect wisdom and courage >
Samuel johnson wrote plenty but know him not by
what he wrotefew read his Rasselas' But fortu
naey Boswell wrote down Johnsons conversation as Plato
the dscoses of Socrates Both possibly improved and
embroidered.
may find Plato heavy reading but you find
ISOLATION saying Plato writing what the cochman
of seasnes Its sickenng to be sick but it's good for
you