<DIV>Carrol, I posted the article, I didn't write it. The author is Prof. Robert Bruce Ware <<A href="mailto:antinomy@sbcglobal.net">antinomy@sbcglobal.net</A>>. He is a wonderful person and will respond to questions concerning his work. He is a well-known and respected philosopher. <BR><BR><B><I>Carrol Cox <cbcox@ilstu.edu></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BR><BR>Peter Lavelle wrote:<BR>> <BR>> Socrates believed that anyone who employed<BR>> evil means would be ensnared in wickedness, that his enterprise would<BR>> be corrupted, and that he would never achieve his worthy goal. If one<BR>> would achieve a worthy end, then one must be worthy.<BR><BR>Why then was he so friendly with many of the Thirty Tyrants, including<BR>the bloodiest of them, Critias?<BR><BR>I wonder how survivors of Pol Pot's massacres would have responded to a<BR>philosopher who had happily rubbed elbows with the regime. Answer that<BR>question, and you get what must have been the state of mind of at least<BR>several hundred of the jury that convicted Socrates. Wrong, but quite<BR>understandable.<BR><BR>Carrol<BR><BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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