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Are You Living Like a Cow?

Plato's warning about a tyrannical life of pleasure

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Nov 12, 2026

Are you living the life of a cow?

Head down. Eyes fixed on the ground. Grazing from one pleasure to the next, always hungry, never satisfied. Fighting the other cattle when they get in your way.

Many people — whether they admit it or not — believe this is the good life: to maximize freedom, seize power, and satisfy every desire. They call it freedom. Plat…

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