哈里·A.奥弗斯特里特
HayA.Overstreet
EversinceSocrateswasintroducedtomyadolescent1mind，hehasbeenonechiefmasterofmythinking.Whathebelievedstillseemstometobeindisensableforcarryingonanintelligentandresonsiblelife.Hebelievedthathedidnotknow.Formyself，Ihavecometochangehisnegativeintoaositive.IknowthatthereisfarmoreinthisuniverseformetoknowthanInowknow.
Irecentlyhadadramaticillustrationofthis.MywifeandI，drivingthroughArizona，stoedata
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inTucson，wherestonesandmineralsofmanykindswereondislay.Inthecourseofthevisit，weweretakenintoasmallroomwhererockswerelaidoutonshelves.Theywerequiteordinary-lookingrocks.HadIseenthemonsomehillside，Iwouldnothavegiventhemasecondthought.Thenthemanclosedthedoorsothattheroomwasintotaldarknessandturnedonanultravioletla
Instantlytherosaicrocksleaedintoakindofglory2.Brilliantcolorsofanindescribablebeautyweretherebeforeoureyes.
Averysimlething—andyetaverytremendous3thing—hadhaened.Acertainowerhadbeensnaedon；andahiddenworldleaedintolife.
AsIlookatmyuniverseandwalkamongmyfellowhumans，Ihavethedeebeliefthathiddenrealitiesareallaroundus.Thesehiddenrealitiesarethereinthehysicalworld；andtheyarethere，also，inthehumanworld.IfIamfoolishenoughtothinkthatIseeallthereistobeseeninfrontofmyeyes，Isimlymisstheglory.
Ibelieve，then，thatmychiefjobinlife—andmyastonishingrivilege4—istosnaonanextraowersothatIcanseewhatmynakedeyes—ormynakedmind—cannotnowsee.IbelievethatIhavetodothisarticularlywithmyhumanfellows.Myordinaryeyestendtostoshortatthoseoaqueenveloeswecallhumanbodies.Butwehavelearnedthatbyturningonacertainowerwecanenetratetotheinsideoftheseenveloes.
Wecallthisextraower
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imagination
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.Atitshighest，wecallit
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emathy
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，theowertoseethroughandtofeelthroughtotheinnerlifeofotherhumanbeings.；Itisakindofultravioletlamofoursychiclife.Whenweturnonthislamofimaginativesensitivity，wemaketherosaichumanbeingsarounduscomeexcitinglyalive.
ZonaGaleoncesetdownasthefirstarticleofhercreed：
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Ibelieveinexandingtheareasofmyawareness.
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Iddothesame.IfIexandtheareasofmyawareness，Imoveunderstandinglyintorealitiesbeyondme.WhenImoveintothemunderstandingly，IknowwhatIcandoandwhatIshoulddo.IfIdontmoveinunderstandingly，ifIstayinignoranceontheoutside，then，inalllikelihood，Iwilldomistakenthings.
Thegreatrincileoflovedeendsuonthis.Hewholovesanothertriestrulytounderstandtheother.Wecanreversethis：hewhotriestrulytounderstandanotherisnotlikelytohatethatother.
Socratesgavenofinishedcatalogueofthe
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oftheworld.Hegave，rather，theimulsetosearch.Thisisfarbetter，Ifeel，thandogmaticcertainty.Whenweareawarethattherearegloriesoflifestillhiddenfromus，wewalkhumblybeforetheGreatUnknown.Butwedomorethanthis：wetrymanfullytoincreaseourowersofseeingandfeelingsothatwecanturnwhatisstillunknownintowhatiswarmlyandunderstandinglyknown……This，Ibelieve，isourgreathumanadventure.
少年时代我接触到了苏格拉底的思想，从此，他便成了我的思想导师。
在我看来，苏格拉底的信仰在明智而负责的生活中始终不可或缺。
苏格拉底相信自己无知，而我将他的否定句变为了肯定句。
我知道，除了我现有的知识，宇宙中尚有无穷多的知识等待我们去学习。
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