An optimist is a person who sees a green
light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only
the red spotlight. The truly wise person is
colorblind.

(Albert Schweitzer).

I'm not sure that Schweitzer meant the same thing as Foxy with respect to colourblind-ness- but it does say on Wiki that he lived in a place and time of abnormally high religious tolerance.

The Buddhist monks in ancient China used to say everyone is a strawman subject to the fires of randomness- even ourselves- they meditated on the execution of criminals- in a sense they could be said to be colourblind.

I think that Foxy is an optimist when it suits her- perhaps the truly wise person doesn't need others to tell them what is wise.

It's interesting that Schweitzer was a fan of Wagner- the great German Philosophical Tradition that includes Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Many Communists and some Hebrew's believe that Nietzsche and perhaps Wagner were fascist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer

Early years

Schweitzer born 14/1/1875 in Alsace, became The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in The German Empire; later Alsace became French territory. - his father, the local Lutheran-Evangelical pastor, taught him how to play music. The medieval parish church of Gunsbach was shared by the Protestant and Catholic congregations- This compromise arose after the Protestant Reformation and the Thirty Years' War. Schweitzer, the pastor's son, grew up in this exceptional environment of religious tolerance, and developed the belief that true Christianity should always work towards a unity of faith and purpose.

-first language was the Alsatian dialect of German. -Mulhouse gymnasium he received his "Abitur" (secondary education certificate) -1893. He studied organ in Mulhouse from 1885 to 1893 with Eugène Munch, organist at the Protestant cathedral, who inspired Schweitzer with his enthusiasm for the music of German composer Richard Wagner.

-1893 studied Protestant theology at Kaiser Wilhelm University. Schweitzer served military service 1894. Schweitzer saw many operas of Richard Wagner. -1898, returned to Paris writ(ing) PhD dissertation on The Religious Philosophy of Kant at the Sorbonne- often met with the elderly Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. 1899- summer semester at the University of Berlin- theology degree at University of Strasbourg. -PhD thesis at the University of Tübingen in 1899.

1905- study of medicine- University of Strasbourg- degree of M.D. in 1913.

Talking about a truly wise person?

A smart person knows what to say.

A wise person knows whether or not to say it.

65 animal projects funded by american tax Payers in Chinese labs by Dr. Fauchi.
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