Forget all those great Greek philosophers who dissected and summed up life so well. I get my words of wisdom from pop songs. For instance, how about this little profundity from Joe Jackson – you can’t get what you want until you know what you want:
Speaking of the old guy philosophers, did you know that Socrates was not in favor of the written word when folks first started writing things down? Obviously not an early adopter, Soc thought that writing degraded verbal discussions and led to a coarsening of reasoned discussions about issues (click here.) I guess when you have an entire teaching method named after you (Socratic method) you tend to get protective of your turf.
However, were he still around today, Soc would probably be very pleased to know that schools are no longer teaching writing (click here.) Maybe the old boy was just way ahead of his time and knew what he was talking about after all. That and he knew what he wanted!