Post by Dan Ryan on May 14, 2016 10:37:54 GMT -5
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In her books about the era of Julius Caesar, Colleen McCullough portrays Cicero as cowardly, petty, egotistic, hypocritical, and henpecked. Yet he was one of the greatest intellectuals of all time, towering over others in his brilliant use of words and themes. Naive readers might be tempted to imitate his intensive and exclusive training, which would be a crushing mistake. The plutocratic parasites, whose entire wealth we create, encourage this paralyzing bookworming. That was also what crushed John Nash. Mind-candy is a dangerous addictive drug.
In her books about the era of Julius Caesar, Colleen McCullough portrays Cicero as cowardly, petty, egotistic, hypocritical, and henpecked. Yet he was one of the greatest intellectuals of all time, towering over others in his brilliant use of words and themes. Naive readers might be tempted to imitate his intensive and exclusive training, which would be a crushing mistake. The plutocratic parasites, whose entire wealth we create, encourage this paralyzing bookworming. That was also what crushed John Nash. Mind-candy is a dangerous addictive drug.