"The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend." - ARISTOTLE Meaningful quotes that offer words of wisdom about life. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. Aristotle (384-322) was born in a small Greek colony in Thrace called Stagira. His father was a physician and served the grandfather of Alexander the Great. Presumably, his father taught him to take an interest in the details of natural life. He was Plato’s prize student, even though he disagreed with him on many points. When Plato died, Aristotle stayed for a while with another student of Plato, who had made himself a dictator in northern Asia Minor. He married the dictator’s daughter, Pythias. They moved to Lesbos, where Pythias died giving birth to their only child, a daughter. Although he married again, his love for Pythias never died, and he requested that they be buried side by side. For four years, Aristotle served as the teacher of thirteen-year-old Alexander, son of Philip of Macedon. In 334, he returned to Athens and established his school of philosophy in a set of buildings called the Lyceum (from a name for Apollo). The beautiful grounds and covered walkways were conducive to leisurely walking discussions, so the students were named for the peripatoi (“covered walkways”). Plato was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Plato's metaphysics and epistemology appear to have been originally influenced by Presocratic thinkers. As a young man, however, Plato became a student of Socrates and turned his attention to the question of what constitutes a virtuous life. Almost all of Plato's writings date from after Socrates's trial and execution. Plato (437-347) was Socrates’ prized student. From a wealthy and powerful family, his actual name was Aristocles -- Plato was a nickname, referring to his broad physique. When he was about twenty, he came under Socrates’ spell and decided to devote himself to philosophy. Devastated by Socrates’ death, he wandered around Greece and the Mediterranean and was taken by pirates. His friends raised money to ransom him from slavery, but when he was released without it, they bought him a small property called Academus to start a school -- the Academy, founded in 386. Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. Sources: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/athenians.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to Eurasia. They are known for their construction of perennial colonial nests from wax, the large size of their colonies, and surplus production and storage of honey, distinguishing their hives as a prized foraging target of many animals, including honey badgers, bears, and human hunter-gatherers. Only eight surviving species of honey bee are recognized, with a total of 43 subspecies, though historically 7 to 11 species are recognized. Honey bees represent only a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 known species of bees. No native, but why push that narrative now. Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) Asclepias purpurascens (purple milkweed) is a preferred spring host plant for monarch butterflies for Spring Sustenance. Sources: Bee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee Milkweed https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/asclepias_purpurascens.shtml Youtube Filter P1 Filmed using Google Pixel 3 XL Philosophy and musings while hiking ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpAJJ17WKMs

How did we get from saying I love you Great Big Sea: https://youtu.be/FULOh2xPvpc Reading the song lyrics while hiking in nature. Great Big Sea - How did we get from saying I love you "It's a cold day for September" was all I thought to say When I saw you on the street the other day And has something changed between us? All the talk we made was small But what do you say to someone when they've heard you say it all? It's an awkward conversation, in a most peculiar way How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"? It seemed like only days ago we had so much to say Did we take it all for granted? Did it all get thrown away? "It calls for rain this afternoon", you finally replied. And there was such a stuttering silence that I felt my mouth go dry We'll just talk about the weather, cause there's not much more to say. How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"? How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"? Has all the ice been broken, all our surfaces been scratched? Have all the words been spoken, have we finally met our match? 'Cause it's an awkward conversation, in a most peculiar way How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"? How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"? How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"? Filmed using Google Pixel 3 XL Philosophy and musings while hiking Perkin's Farm Conservation Area, Worcester, MA, Massachusetts, New England USA Earth ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1hwvWiZXuI