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Beyond Socrates’ Dia-Logos
Luigi Giannachi
Beyond Socratesâ Dia-Logos
The locations of mind
Original title: Oltre il Dia-logos di Socrates
Translated by: Francesca Tramontana
Publisher: Tektime
In the time crystal, by which our present existence is characterized, where each of us tends to draw on knowledge through inner reflections and light refraction around us, in a society where real and virtual boundaries are continually lost and confused, itâs on you, my dear reader, to establish how false or true is the document signed by the great Socrates that my friend Ghìgnos Kairòn sent me with his memories and his philosophical scenes. I, for one, merely wrote the letter for him, which youâll find at the end of philosophical scenes, right after index.
âYou and I believe that knowledge belongs to everybody, irrespective of race, color or creed. Plato does not address himself to one ethnic group alone, nor does Shakespeare appeal to one religion only. The teachings of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. do not apply just to Indians or African-Americans. Like cognitive science, theoretical physics or algebra, the creations and philosophical ideas of the ages are part of our collective heritage and human memory. We all learn from the same masters.â (E.Wiesel)
I donât exist...
I realized, sailing up the time, what you could do without your body. Nevertheless, I donât want to say that the spirit can live in a vacuum, standing on ideas fantasies, without any toil of everyday living. It might look good, but it isnât feasible.
I can do without my bodyâs needs...
The endless passing of time could suggest that bodyâs needs tend to run out with age, but it isnât. Until the last moment of our existence, we strive to satisfy even the smallest desire appeared in our mind trails (htor), not to say in our entrails (htron). There must be some kind of connection between these two body parts. Whenever our ego requires attention and concentration, for an act of will (thumòs) dictated by thought (fren) to mind (noos), is necessary an act of inner purification, which involves every part of our body. Thereby, frenes can contain emotions, the kradie can give them its rhythm and the thumòs can give the required energy to flow freely, without leaving anything to chance. Even the waste disposal from our body seems a precondition to idea formation in our mind. Over and over, I consider how the bodyâs needs should be combined with soul, before I joined a banquet to which I was invited, so that the needs didnât confuse soul in its flourishing.