The Greek word for “strange” often used to describe Socrates is atopos. Topos means “place” (as in our “topography”) and the prefix a- means “without.” Socrates was, in effect, someone who was “off the map.” He couldn’t quite be “placed.” https://thesideview.co/journal/the-contemplatives-socrates/ The Contemplative’s Socrates thesideview.co An original gift to the Western philosophic and spiritual tradition.

The Contemplative’s Socrates An original gift to the Western philosophic and spiritual tradition. David L. Collins https://thesideview.co/journal/the-contemplatives-socrates/ The Contemplative’s Socrates thesideview.co An original gift to the Western philosophic and spiritual tradition.

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