If Nietzsche holds that
To create a new heaven and a new earth, one first had to destroy … the former highest values
then for Plato true values are eternal and immutable ideas, such as goodness, beauty and justice. They are not the creations of man but patterns to which the human soul must ascend. Virtue does not change like the opinions of the crowd; it is one and everlasting.
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
