- imbecility: stupidity, incapability
- stenographer: a person who takes dictation in shorthand, every single word
- missive: a letter, along or official one
- Areté, an ancient Greek word for excellence, the act of living to one's full potential
- Areté is all abilities and potentialities available to humans
- the highest hum potential is knowledge, all other human abilities are derived from us
- democracy and excellence build off each other
- agora: gathering place, assembly
- polis: political entities ruled by their bodies of citizens, big cities
- 508 BC was the birth of democracy
- Socrates: he fought in the Peloponnesian war, was a war hero, was a teacher, he asked a series of questions to determine their belifs and their knowledge, this led to the scientific theory
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Notes on Excellence Part 2
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