“There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.” (Denis Diderot) Diderot was a famous 18th century French philosopher who was a prominent figure in The Enlightenment, or The Age of Reason. His quoted words fit right into that kind of thinking. Try to do something inconvenient today. ;-) Jack
FROM GOOD DEBT JON IN OHIO: Does the inconvenience of a given moral precept increase or decrease depending upon whom you hang out with? I think so. Diderot is good, his contemporary, another 18th century French Philosopher, Claude Adrien Helvétius said, “Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs.”
FROM R.I. IN BOSTON: Today's WW, with its historical reference to an earlier time, made me think: considering the exploits of current society, The Enlightenment and The Age of Reason were either misnomers or an extensive waste of time.
FROM L.K. IN OHIO: "Turning the other cheek" is perhaps inconvenient, certainly admirable, many times risky.
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