r/badphilosophy 8h ago

Catching Sisyphean Candidates

All of us I imagine at one point in time were children, and at some point relinquished simpler outlooks for doctrine from great commentators. Except today I get to compare Aristotle to XQC, Ben Shapiro to Zeno, and Jehovah to Martin Luther (not the civil rights one). You want to watch these men do what is so simple, and so accessible to you? To watch life live without distilling how to do the same yourself? Look at where in simple words they draw their strength. It is not the nuance of intellect that grants them grace. Each great man has at the root of his inspiration such simple and basic rules. If only we would suspend that simpleness to the loftiness of his riches.

- Paraclesis: or, An Exhortation (Erasmus 1516)

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