Glaucon: This habit would require that of us. Socrates was a vegetarian Greek philsopher -Know thyself to be true. 50-51 below]. Why carry an unnecessary load from the past? And if you stop eating meat, within three months your body will be completely free of all the poisons created by non-vegetarian foods. Socrates: Would not these facts prevent us from achieving happiness, and therefore the conditions necessary to the building of a just society, if we pursue a desire to eat animals? Socrates: If we pursue our habit of eating animals, and if our neighbor follows a similar path, will we not have need to go to war against our neighbor to secure greater pasturage, because ours will not be enough to sustain us, and our neighbor will have a similar need to wage war on us for the same reason? That’s why you look so stupid in life.

Life never repeats itself.

I forgot that they will have relishes, too—it’s plain they’ll have salt, olives, cheese; and they will boil onions and greens, just as one gets them in the country. It is needed because it helps you to remain stupid, it is needed because it helps you to remain unintelligent. Socrates: Wouldn't this [knowledge of our role in turning a being into a thing] hinder us in achieving happiness? Glaucon: It could so hinder us in our quest for happiness. The self sufficient co operative communities who had no need for central banks or governance. He taught that virtue was based on knowledge, which was attained by a dialectical process that took into account many aspects of a stated hypothesis. He refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock in 399 BC. Glaucon: We would be so compelled. With regard to vegetarianism in America, the increased need to study and establish dietary trends among vegetarians started towards the end of the 19 th century and at around the onset of the 20 th century. 470BC - Socrates (?470-399 BC) Greece - Español - Socrates - Português - Sócrates; 445BC - Antisthenes (?445-365 BC) Greece; ... -April - Vegetarianism in the United States - a preamble to the Convention by William Alcott.

gaze and see ourselves reflected, only a few hours before our meal?

To a narcissist this dialogue reads as an instruction manual for war,which leads to servitude which leads to land control and the endless cycle of violence.We should question what type of people have always been disposed of their lands? Socrates: And, if we pursue this way of living, will we not have need to visit the doctor more often? That is precisely the reason why we live like this. He was an active seeker of truth. He knows that he has intelligence enough, so that whatever situation arises he will be able to respond to it. He had a brain in his head. Remember Socrates: Don't Eat Animals He will not carry a load of ready-made answers. But his mind is so polluted and poisoned by Jainism as nobody else’s is. He refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock in 399 BC. If you have been eating non-vegetarian foods it can be stopped, it is not such a big deal. Your old ready-made answers are not going to help you. Why is it so hard, seemingly impossible, for our "responsible" press to convey the kinds of concerns that Socrates raised as portrayed in Plato's Socrates was a vegetarian who taught that virtue was based on knowledge. It is never the old; it may sometimes appear like the old, but it is not old, there are basic differences. Hence Jesus is crucified, Socrates is poisoned, Al-Hillaj is killed, Sarmad is beheaded. The real man of intelligence will not cling to any ideology – for what? Socrates is the Classical Greek philosopher, best known for his motto, Know thyself to be true, or Be true to yourself. It is simple dialogue between Socrates and Gloucon: Socrates: Would this habit of eating animals not require that we slaughter animals that we knew as individuals, and in whose eyes we could gaze and see ourselves reflected, only a few hours before our meal?

We destroyed Socrates because he was a mirror. Republic: Socrates: Would this habit of eating animals not require that we slaughter animals that we knew as individuals, and in whose eyes we could In Books II & III Plato (428-347 BC) develops the dietary ideas of Pythagoras. This excerpt from Plato’s “Republic”, who was a pupil of Socrates and one of the only 2 sources we can look to for his actual teachings, is in line with Tolstoy’s argument. So today we go to war to maintain our access to oil supplies, but the point Socrates made 2500 years ago is still relevant today. Can’t you simply live without any ideology? Socrates: If we pursue our habit of eating animals, and if our neighbor follows a similar path, will we not have need to go to war against our neighbor to secure greater pasturage, because ours will not be enough to sustain us, and our neighbor will have a …

It is simple. Socrates: Would not these facts prevent us from achieving happiness, and therefore the conditions necessary to the building of a just society, if we pursue a desire to eat animals? In fact they will hinder you; they will not allow you to see the new situation. These were the most intelligent people that have ever walked on the earth. He was indicted for impiety, as well as the corruption of youth and was condemned to death. Socrates: If we pursue our habit of eating animals, and if our neighbor follows a similar path, will we not have need to go to war against our neighbor to secure greater pasturage, because ours will not be enough to sustain us, and our neighbor will have a similar need to wage war on us for the same reason?