REFLECTION ON EVENTS ON PLANET AND BEYOND

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Olivia Newton-John
(1948-2022)

As a long-time admirer I once got to see her live concert in Bangkok on 23 March 2012 and she was very kind to give me her autograph on my prized collection of her albums before the show. Olivia Newton-John will live on in the world of music and culture. Thank you for making the world a better place for all of us. THANK YOU AUSTRALIA!

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SOCRATES: Haven't you noticed that opinion without knowledge are shameful and ugly things? The best of them are blind - or do you think that those who express a true opinion without understanding are any different from blind people who happen to travel the right road?
[Plato's REPUBLC, Book VI 506c]

โสเครติส: ท่านไม่สังเกตหรือว่าความเห็นที่ขาดความรู้เป็นสิ่งน่าเกลียดน่าอับอาย? มันไม่มีอะไรดีไปกว่าความมืดบอด - หรือคิดอิกนัยหนึ่งได้ไหมว่า คนที่แสดงแม้ความเห็นที่แท้จริงแต่ไร้ซึ่งความเข้าใจนั้น จะต่างอะไรไปจากคนตาบอดที่บังเอิญเดินถูกทาง?
[Plato's REPUBLC, Book VI 506c]
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SOMKIAT ONWIMON, Park Hill High '67, a Harvard-Yenching fellow, studied Political Science, International Relations, and South Asia Regional Studies at the University of Delhi (1968-73) and the University of Pennsylvania (1975-81). At 74 /2022, he now lives a tranquil country life of reading, writing, and thinking.

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