oops, pushed the wrong key... As I was saying.. I also did a review of Saint Thomas More at around the same time... sort of as a biographical counterpoit to Bacon... As a person and as a "legal" mind", I was much "more" impressed by More.... but his own Utopia, that I read too, was more... boring...although more socially equitable, perhaps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book) nominal9
On Feb 9, 2:44 pm, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Atlantis > Howdy Archytas.... > I was "inspired" by you a while back to read the above noted... utopia > story, seeing how you liked Roger Bacon so much as to his "idols" > writings.Not all that bad, all in all.... I was particularly pleased > by Bacon's use of the saying "twice paid" to render and deride people > (public service employees, mostly) who seek gratuities (or maybe eveb > graft) on top of their salaries for performing their job-related > duties... I found it "ironic" that Bacon, himself, in his private > biography was subject to the same flaw.... > I also did a review of Saint Thomas More at around the same time... > sort of as a biographical counterpoit to Bacon... As a person and as a > "legal" mind", I was much "more" impressed by More.... but his own > Utopia, that I read too, > more > > On Feb 9, 1:59 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Abdication would be the master plan, surely, Slip? If only I could > > trust any of them bastards to do a less worse job than me! The > > mistake, in this otherwise excellent thought experiment, has already > > been made. We need a plan for no masters that recognises the > > frailties of humans with no rules, and human inability to chose > > leaders and a leadership system that will not impose the frailties of > > leaders or the crass rule of bandits or an idiocy. If we could get > > people to understand how strange the word Utopia is, we might get > > started. > > > On 9 Feb, 06:08, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "Lets Say", the earth as we know it was destroyed by whatever device > > > humanity heaped upon itself. All that survived are gathered in one > > > place, and you are the chosen leader. The earth is yours to do as you > > > wish. > > > Surely you will want to create a new culture, purged of the calamities > > > and atrocities noted in the annals of human history. > > > Where do you begin? The people are waiting. > > > > Do you have a master plan? > > > > Do you have some idea of what you think would be the ideal culture?- Hide > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
