KNOWLEDGE IS NOT SOLD
BUT GIVEN
Written by Konstantinos Konstantinidis of
Amphiktyon
Studying our ancient sages, I came across a
topic that I always consider to be relevant, and that is the unpaid and
unprofitable work of tireless spiritual people. The modern man of matter is
unable to grasp that the spirit and Wisdom are not a commodity for sale. Nor can they be locked up with
copyrights and other “claws” by the “merchants” and “smugglers” of ideas. The same applies to the Beauty
of youth, and it is not for sale. Because according to
Socrates, if someone sells beauty for money to whoever desires it, they call
him a prostitute. However, if someone meets
someone who is beautiful in body and soul and makes him their friend, we
consider him wise. Of course, today, with the
subordination of everything to material interests, friendship has also ceased
and individuals have become isolated, slaves to the small screen. He says the same about Wisdom. Those who sell it for money to
whoever wants it were called sophists, as if we were saying
"prostitutes". On the contrary, those who
gave their wisdom to the public without money were called
"philosophers". In our modern era, everyone
sells their knowledge and no one works for free, with very few exceptions. The results are the obscuring
and distortion of ideas by the media. Personally, as paradoxical as
it may seem to you, after my retirement I have always worked for free. In the newspaper I used to
send my articles to, they forced me to accept remuneration and I succumbed for
a while to this regime, which is also established internationally. Very soon, however, I left and
created my own website to send my ideas to the public for free. The same applies to my books
that I publish as a self-publisher. I posted them on the internet
and they become the property of every reader. Readers who have the ability
to distinguish who is a merchant of ideas and who is giving away their
knowledge free of charge are considered wise. One can see this from the
number of friends of a website on the internet and this is the satisfaction
superior to material gain. In this way, Virtue is also
promoted. However, the prevailing
perception today is that the excellence of an intellectual person is judged by
the “fund” he makes. Many have told me this in
order to reduce my contribution, but without me being concerned with the issue
of the excellence of the “fund” which for me is a minus. I often study books by
ancient sages and glean topics that are still relevant today and bring them to
the surface. Many consider writing to be a
pointless task and a wasted effort since the authorities do not listen. But we persist, like a rock
with the wave. He who torments himself and
suffers for something good rejoices like the fisherman who catches even one
fish. The rewards of labor have
little value. We labor to confront Turkey,
to improve society and to benefit the homeland. Once Antiphon asked Socrates
why, while he knew politics, he never got involved in politics? He said: "In which of the
two ways, Antiphon, would you take part in politics? By getting involved
myself, or if I made sure that there were as many CAPABLE people as possible
involved in it?" And then they had the same
problem, namely the quality of politicians. We have a quality problem
after the change of government: Prime Ministers below average (with few
exceptions), party leaders who are saltimbancos, MPs who are docile. Geostrategically on Turkey's
chariot, Foreign Ministers who are crying, phobic-nurses, a dependent country,
mute, speechless, suffocatingly isolated, last in terms of per capita income
(below even Romania) The only one that renounces its sovereign rights (X.Y and
EEZ) and refuses the connection of the maritime zones with Cyprus. Finally, Mr. Mitsotakis,
instead of being our leader, came out as a "tactician-administrator"
inferior to the circumstances. It could have been if he had
good advisors, but his advisors (ELIAMEP) prevented him. The bad thing is that
the media praises him as charismatic. But the people are slowly starting
to see. (4/1/25)
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Amphiktyon, Major General (retd) Konstantinos Konstantinidis
Writer, Member of the Society of Greek
Writers
http://amphiktyon.blogspot.com/
http://amphiktyon.org
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