Forwarded from Solitary Individual
The beginning of evil is to diversify the mind. It is good to flee from the things of the body. When a man is engaged in conflict about the body, he is like a man standing on the very edge of a deep pool, into which his enemy can knock him the moment he sees him. But when he has put aside bodily things, he is like a man standing a long way from the pool, where, if the enemy drags him along to throw him in, God will help him while he is being dragged there.
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The arrows of the enemy cannot touch someone who loves quiet. But those who wander about among crowds will often be wounded by them.
[from The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks]
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The arrows of the enemy cannot touch someone who loves quiet. But those who wander about among crowds will often be wounded by them.
[from The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks]
Forwarded from Britain’s Lost & Living Pubs (Series) [Page 1/2]
The Blind Beggar Murder: Britain's Lost & Living Pubs (Episode 3)
Ronnie Kray Shoots George Cornell | Whitechapel, East London, England.
Ronnie Kray Shoots George Cornell | Whitechapel, East London, England.
Forwarded from Vinnie Sullivan
The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David (1787)
Socrates the Greek philosopher from Athens sits waiting and preparing to face his death as his wife cries beside him.
The old man at the foot of the bed is Plato despite the fact he'd have been a young pupil of Socrates at the time.
Socrates was know for saying “The only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing” in the face of the theists of the day.
Meletus accused Socrates of atheism. Socrates is then said to have noted the contradiction between atheism and worshipping false gods in an effort to seek sense from his accusers.
He's then said to have claimed that he is "God's gift" to the Athenians seeking freedom of thought & discussion.
The jurors of his trial favoured the death penalty, which he accepted & lived out as bravely as he could for his followers.
Here they surround him through his final moment's, many still argue over his death & the justifications made at for it.
He'd lead others to finally, think for themselves
Socrates the Greek philosopher from Athens sits waiting and preparing to face his death as his wife cries beside him.
The old man at the foot of the bed is Plato despite the fact he'd have been a young pupil of Socrates at the time.
Socrates was know for saying “The only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing” in the face of the theists of the day.
Meletus accused Socrates of atheism. Socrates is then said to have noted the contradiction between atheism and worshipping false gods in an effort to seek sense from his accusers.
He's then said to have claimed that he is "God's gift" to the Athenians seeking freedom of thought & discussion.
The jurors of his trial favoured the death penalty, which he accepted & lived out as bravely as he could for his followers.
Here they surround him through his final moment's, many still argue over his death & the justifications made at for it.
He'd lead others to finally, think for themselves