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Dear Socrates

Dear Socrates Epicurus

Having returned from the turn of the Fourth Century B.C. to the turn of the Twenty-First A.D., Socrates has eagerly signed on as a Philosophy Now columnist so that he may continue to carry out his divinely-inspired dialogic mission. This issue he calls in the hippes [cavalry, man].

Dear Epicurus,

A fellow columnist asked me a question in a recent issue, so I think it’s my turn to ask one. Anyway, I’m feeling lazy today, and you seem to be just the man for a lazy day. I hope I’m not interrupting yours with this abrupt epistle from the future. But what I’m wondering is this: Can I really justify taking a break?

Of course some people believe that you and I are always on vacation in the vocation we have been called to: philosopher. And there is no question that leisure is a prerequisite of reflection and dialogue.

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