Some Thoughts on Anonymity

(i.e., being a nobody)

I have always been impressed by the polis (city-state) because Socrates was able to acquire everlasting fame as a philosopher without having to write. Socrates was not a well-born man, but his great worth gave him access to the leading and most interesting men of Athens. That is, he was able to rise without having to be one of these lackey social strive…