Sign placed at the foot of Joe Paterno’s statue at Penn State: “Remember - He was a Man, Not a God!!”
True enough. But a man who convinces others and himself that he is at least somewhat god-like is the most likely of men to forfeit his humanity and to deny others’ humanity as well. (Applies to women, too.)
“Real Life Adventure” cartoon (Wise and Aldrich): A man and his daughter sit across a table from one another and have this exchange:
"Man: I’m glad you’re going to college. It’s just that I wonder about your major.
"Daughter: But I like it, Dad.
"Man: I’m sure. But it’s just that I’ve never heard of a company hiring...say...a Chief Philosophy Officer."
Might that be the problem, Dad?
Suggestion: If institutions (companies, universities, churches, governments, etc.) hired Chief Philosophy Officers they would be less likely to confuse their temporal interests with eternal truths, and therefore beyond any judgment but their own.
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