Socrates didn't write anything.
I've committed to write this.
Our brains hold opposites
What is my experience but a random sample of one?
What evidence do I have?
Who has the know how?
Who are the controlling authorities?
Trust my instincts
Ask permission
Time is an event
Time is a measurable distance
My brain doesn't like to hold opposites
Two things can be true and contradictory
Life is short
Life is long
Yesterday, I had no one to help me hang the sunshades
The memory of Ian's having helped me, helped.
Opposites require discernment.
The starting path to discernment is to turn the dim bulb of our twenty-watts of cognition, first on one side of an opposite: for example, trust my instincts. Then turn the light on the opposite: ask permission.
As I write this thought experiment, unbidden, a piece of discernment showed up: here's what my instinct points toward; whose buy-in will make it more likely to succeed?
Socrates didn't write anything.
I'm thinking I should add a voice recording to these texts.
Warm regards,
Francis Sopper