I’m only suggesting that the great mind is flawed and contradictory. He is a man of his time, of course, but just perhaps a bit too quick to settle into the advantages of being a man of significant influence.

People change and perhaps I’m being harsh. I just thought the paradox was interesting.

The seeming frequency in this thread with which people seem unable to distinguish between love and lust (or how one can lead to the other, and their otherwise complex interworking) is evidence many have yet to experience one or the other. The 'other' being rather self evident. And that's quite sad.

One of the few times I'm reminded how much time I spend posting in an online text forum, and oh boy what a bubble we enjoy conversing in.

some men. As well as some women.