tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30379986.post4841907590962275487..comments2023-12-10T07:55:27.177+00:00Comments on kenodoxia: How to annoy a Platonist...James Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262258553733864003noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30379986.post-62112978137963461552010-11-28T01:45:31.974+00:002010-11-28T01:45:31.974+00:00That last Epicurus quotation strongly reminds me o...That last Epicurus quotation strongly reminds me of something Arthur Schopenhauer said in the Wisdom of Life:<br /><br />"Would a musician feel flattered by the loud applause of an audience if he knew they were nearly all deaf, and that, to conceal their infirmity, they set to work to clap vigorously as soon as ever they saw one or two persons applauding? And what would he say if he got to know that those one or two persons had often taken bribes to secure the loudest applause for the poorest player!"Hypatia Callistohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13889841038305453429noreply@blogger.com