[“Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.” Rediscovered on a piece of cardboard tucked away on a bookshelf.]
My son Ben wrote out these words from Democritus of Abdera (circa 460-370 BCE) some years ago. I think they’re worth sharing. The English rendering is a standard one. I’d like to call Ben (a philosophy major) Democritus Jr., but that name was already claimed by Robert Burton.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Words from Democritus
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Could The New Grown-Ups write a song with these lyrics?
—Fresca, just catching up
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They usually work from a neo-Kantian perspective, but let’s see.
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