[Buddha-l] Re: Natural lucidity for Socrates

jkirk jkirk at spro.net
Sun Sep 10 09:30:11 MDT 2006


   J a m e s   ( A n d y )   S t r o b l e  wrote:

> On another note,  I have seen it suggested that Ammonius Saccus, the 
> teacher
> of Plotinus, may have indeed been from the east, since Saccus may have 
> been a
> Greek rendering Shakya (this from memory, might be wrong).  The more
> tradition explanation of Ammonius surname is that it refers to his
> profession, since he is alleged to have been a longshoreman in Alexandria.
> Given my preference for working-class philosophers (as opposed to royalty 
> who
> never witnessed suffering until they were adult), I would go with the 
> Sackkus
> interpretation.
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Hm...well in that case, perhaps Sacco, partner of Vanzetti, was a 
reincarnation of Ammononius Saccus, no?
(As for Vanzetti, perhaps he was independently incarnated.)
Joanna



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