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Quotations from Socrates and the Crisis of Modern Life
10 quotations in this session
“Especially ours.”
“Socrates remains dangerous because he interrupts psychological automation.”
“And modern systems increasingly depend upon automation — not only technological, but intellectual.”
“No. I believe many people increasingly fear uncertainty.”
“Nor is connectivity identical to civic life.”
“There is another reason Socrates matters today.”
“He demonstrated that thinking itself carries political consequences.”
“Not partisan consequences. Civilizational consequences.”
“Socrates understood this before democracy itself fully understood what it was becoming.”
“Remain vulnerable to exactly the same danger.”← Back to the session
