The introduction in italics that follows is the same as in Part 1. The first two quotes below were not discussed in Part 1 for lack of time.
This meetup consists of quotes I either read or heard somewhere.
What do they mean/imply?
Is there a hidden meaning behind each?
We will attempt to explain them and perhaps then challenge them. If our understanding of each differs from person to person, so much the better. Discussing the differences may open new windows of understanding. We will need to give examples from life to justify our understanding and/or interpretation.
After the quotes I write a few questions to facilitate our approach. However, the questions need not be the focus of our approach.
Note: I decided not to mention the source of the quotes as this might prejudice our acceptance and interpretation of them. It doesn't matter who said/wrote them. The focus should not be on the person but on the quotes and their meaning. Please resist looking them up.
There are no links to read or listen to. Therefore we all need to spend some time considering the meanings in preparation for the discussion.
1. 'We didn't like our reaction to it (a film) because we found ourselves empathising with this man (a paedophile) and we didn't like that'.
This is from a group of ladies who were asked to rate the film.
What do you think of their reaction and of the way paedophiles are viewed? Do you think a film like that should be made at all?
2. 'You should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly'.
How does being in the dark help us see more clearly? Or does it?
3. 'There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times'.
If that's true, how do we know which these truths are?
4. 'Nothing that's worth knowing can be taught'.
Can we name things that are worth knowing that can't be taught? How do we know them?
5. 'The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre'.
Perhaps we can start this by defining 'bizarre'.
6. 'To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly'.
Do you think this is something people generally desire and pursue?
How would you define maturity?
