21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Apr \ on: Stoic Book Club: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius #11 - Book 11 BooksAndArticles
Socrates used to call popular beliefs "the monsters under the bed" -- only useful for frightening children with.
Definitely, the current system of society is based on popular beliefs. You just break one and the society hands you a full bag of anti society tags. Is being contrary to popular beliefs is completely wrong? As easy as that— Can we say that popular beliefs are always correct? Does worshipping your God is essential? Does going to school is what can only food a kid's mind? Popular beliefs are rubbish IMO and Socrates paid the price by going contrary to them.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Se7enZ OP 21 Apr
Right or wrong, for me the point is that popular beliefs are more imaginary than real and subject to dissolution when the populus changes its mind.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Apr
Correct.
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