2022 Dedh Cans ha Naw
De Meurth, nawnjegves mis Ebrel
Tuesday, 19th April
ho dè anexétastos bíos ou biōtòs anthrṓpōi (ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ).
Ma laverans Socrates (treylyes dhe Sowsnek, na wora vy Grek Ancyent): Bôwnans nag ew consydrys na dal bewa. Socrates a'n lavaras en trial, y drial ev. Filosofer o ev. Res veu dhodhans dewis tredh mernans hag exilyans. Ev a dhewisas mernans. Bôwnans heb filosofieth, heb fürneth, na dal oy. Pandr'ew an skians a hebma? Nei a dal cara ha whilas fürneth. My a'n gwelas war ven bedh. Tho va bedh den da, filosofer, scrifer ha descador, den für. Bedh ow howeth ew.
There is a saying of Socrates (translated into English, I do not know Ancient Greek): The unconsidered (unexamined) life is not worth living. Socrates said it in a trial, his trial. He was a philosopher. He had to choose between death and exile. He chose death. Life without philosophy, without wisdom, is worth nothing. What is the meaning of this? We should love and seek wisdom. I saw it on a gravestone. It was the grave of a good man, a philosopher, a writer and a teacher, a sage. It is the grave of my friend.
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