Can We Recover and Apply Classic Thought in Future?

Matthew, another way to frame the OD impact of conflict avoidance is lack of facing facts.  Yes, 2+2=4.  This is a fact.  Conflict over whether 2+2=5 or 2+2=3 is irrational, the results of politics and personalities.  2+2=4.  This is why it is important to reduce conflict, or we cannot deal with facts, reality, 2+2=4.  Exactly.  Dr. Rux

P.S.  My math example comes from Plato's Doctrine of Forms, his teaching that there are also realities that we cannot see; math is one of the.  We see examples of applying this abstraction in the material world, but math exists, transcends materialism.  Yes, I know, nobody knows about or cares about Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates any longer.  We can see the resulting chaos around us!