... one is able to conform to it, but not without good reason. For why might one not join the masses, who assuredly cannot all be misguided? Iconoclastic philosophers such as Socrates and Thoreau, however, might condemn this conformity and advocate that believers take the road less traveled. Certainly, if not for pioneers who deviate from common belief, such as Bourgeault, entire ... ...
... from about 800 to 200 B.C.E. ); importantly during a time when all of history's greats were coming into focus to create the world ethos as it exists in today's modern world: Plato, Socrates, Zoroaster, Confucius, and the Hebrew prophets. These were moments of clarity, of revolution, and of also an era where the woman's place was beyond that of a second-class citizen. She ... ...
... basis of human relations. Large parts of his teachings have their counterparts in the sayings of the rabbis, that is, after all, what he was, or in the wisdom of Socrates and Confucius. In Christian teaching, Jesus cannot be less than the supreme preacher and exemplar of the moral life, but for most Christians that, by itself, does not do full ... ...
