I have been doing some reading about Socrates.
He was a major influence on stoic ideas some people say.
I like the idea of Socratic method and Socratic irony.
Once I was trying to use some Socratic method, but some one say to me that they thought I was being overly negative. In a way it can seem that way because you’re constantly looking for a more specific question. Looking for a more specific why. We always need to look deeper at why or how we do things. There are things I may not want to do. So what. Some things have to be done.
I understand lawyers are taught with it. I wish some would use it more.
I’m my personal experience, I have had to learn to be ruthlessly honest with myself. I have tried to do a few things by myself since my stroke. I need help if I want to do them. Somethings I have learned better after thinking and misunderstanding them for twenty years.
How brutally honest are we being with ourselves?
Better we do it now than be forced into it later.
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