Francis Bacon... I meant to write, of course, as I referenced in
Wiki....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Atlantis
I'll let all of my other usual typos slide....I find it so
"liberating" not to have to worry about typos and other such errors
anymore...one of the little pleasures in life.
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
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