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:" HARMING THE SOUL " ©

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Education obtained for unethical purposes does more damage to the soul 
than no education at all.  








  
© Demetrios Trifiatis
       25 April 2023

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Quoth Theraven

Date: 8/9/2023 8:08:00 PM

Demetrios, Always fond of your lessons in fine verse. Left wondering on the lessons of life, perhaps the best education. And, like so many, always hopeful it served a common good. -Richard

Bill Baker

Date: 5/5/2023 9:23:00 PM

Powerful and wise statement of fact, my dear friend. To learn from the wrong motivation, or to use your learning for the wrong reason: both are a tragedy, for they offend one's soul. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us through your mindful and meaningful poetry, Demetrios. A poetry friend in Texas, Bill

Sotto Poet

Date: 4/25/2023 6:12:00 PM

Dear friend Demetrios, this is entirely accurate in saying that unethical individuals within the world today would serve civilization as a whole if they put their expertise to a more productive purpose. ( sorry for missing some of your work for I'm traveling and my access here is limited)

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 4/26/2023 11:53:00 AM

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. God bless you.

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 4/25/2023 3:04:00 PM

knowledge if put to wrong use, should not be acknowledged. Take care, Shirley

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 4/25/2023 3:59:00 PM

My point is not if knowledge should be acknowledged or not but if the wrong use of knowledge hurts the soul or not. Take care.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 4/25/2023 8:17:00 AM

So true Demetrios, if the crooks of this world put their skills to better use then all mankind would benefit. Tom

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 4/25/2023 2:45:00 PM

You are absolutely right, my friend, Tom. Unfortunately, even not crooks, sometimes, cannot see what the crooks are doing! Be blessed!

John Lawless

Date: 4/25/2023 5:41:00 AM

We all achieve an "education"....what we learn from it and how we utilize it is unto us.....or should be.

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 4/25/2023 8:00:00 AM

Do you mean, dear John, that an unethical person may use his " Education " to hurt other people, is his own business and we have nothing to say about it? My point is philosophical: If one uses his knowledge just to harm others, it will be more beneficial to his soul if he never aquired that knowledge. Be blessed!