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WT Sharpe · 07-16-2010, 08:30 AM

.....If what philosophers say of the kinship of God and Man be true, what remains for men to do but as Socrates did: never, when asked one's country, to answer, "I am an Athenian or a Corinthian," but "I am a citizen of the world."
..........— Epictetus (55 C.E. – 135 C.E.), Greek Stoic philosopher, born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey). The Golden Sayings, XV.

07-16-2010, 08:30 AM	#212
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....If what philosophers say of the kinship of God and Man be true, what remains for men to do but as Socrates did: never, when asked one's country, to answer, "I am an Athenian or a Corinthian," but "I am a citizen of the world." ..........— Epictetus (55 C.E. – 135 C.E.), Greek Stoic philosopher, born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey). *The Golden Sayings*, XV.