Quote:A common attitude among ancient Greek and Roman writers who had attained their maturity was that love was a display of mild mental illness.
Yes, striking such an intellectual pose made it easier for the occasional student who was smitten with his cynical, crapulous teacher. (I wanted to go for crapulous professor, for the near-alliterative value of it, but I don't think they had tenure back then. Too bad, too, or the Roman Empire would have remained standing out of sheer useless inertia.)
Tao is a very small word.
