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What Would Plato Think of Prozac?

Each person is unique and it is thatmake everyone equal, people are not equal;
individuality that we as a whole drawnot genetically and certainly not through
strength from. We should use such advantagesdifferent experience of nurturing. For
to our benefit. Plato often wrote about thisinstance I am a terrible accountant and could
in The Republic, that each member of abe good at that but it would be a living hell
society ought to do what they are best at andfor me to try. This would serve no one if I
be alleviated from responsibility of thosewere assigned to that position, would it? An
things they are not good at, which can beaccountant may be less suited for the
done by others. The individual and theactivities that I tend to excel in.We are so
society gain the most using this methodology.quick to judge and label people with
Why have we not considered this wise advicedisorders or categorize them and duly place
in our culture? Instead we often put peoplethem where society has agreed upon in advance
into jobs they are unsuited for in patience,that they must be, rather than looking into
competence and ability. Who benefits? Would athe individual. Schools are too quick to
Football team, which actually wants to winprescribe students as ADHD and put them on
the game do that? After all; the guy with theProzac. We should be finding out where the
strong foot and lanky build ought to be thesuperior traits can do the most good. From
kicker, not a lineman, for he would only beour studies of different people we find that
good for one play.Yet as our world becomeslower intelligence levels find themselves
more PC, we seem to be too worried abouthappier in repetitive jobs.
hurting feelings in the real world and try to



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