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July 05, 2012
Aristippus: Patriotism--and getting well beyond It.
A wise man's country is the world.
--Aristippus (435-360 BC), as quoted by Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosphers
The philosopher Aristippus was once shipwrecked on the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. But he and his fellow survivors did not know where they were--or even if the island was inhabited. Once on shore and beginning to explore, however, Aristippus is quickly heartened and reassuring to the others when he sees geometric figures drawn on the sand. "There is hope", he concludes happily. "I see traces of men."
Posted by JD Hull at July 5, 2012 11:00 PM