From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Jun 08 1998 - 00:42:16 MDT
From: Anders Sandberg
>The most interesting question is of
course how to do to become as
>great and general as them. Any ideas?
Do you think that Imhotep, Ben Franklin,
Leonardo da Vinci, and Archimedes would
subscribe to this list? Yeah, I do too.
So what about Buddha, Lao Tzu, Krishna,
Kabir, and Socrates? No, probably not...
having renounced renunciation and
debunked liberty, an open forum chat
might not interest them.
I imagine that men who attain greatness
have their attention primarily focused
on something other than attaining
greatness. Their greatness occurs as an
epiphenomenon, a side effect, a by
product of their obsession for
excellence, discovery, beauty,
mathematical eloquence... or whatever
defines their unique quest.
Cheers,
JRM
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