Plato and Socrates come out of the movie hall. Around 200 other people also come out of the movie hall. Plato is whistling to keep himself occupied. Socrates, as always, is in a pensive mood. The white robed master is walking ahead of his brown robed disciple. Plato (catching up with his master): "Let's talk about loneliness. Solitude rather, to make it seem more important. " Socrates is busy looking at the glazed flooring that looks so bright under the dull white lights enhancing the ceiling. Plato: "Well?" Socrates (continuing to look at the floor): "What about solitude?" Plato: "Well, what is a state of solitude?" Socrates: "Pedantically, it is a state of social isolation. It could also be a disposition toward being alone." Plato: "Disposition? You mean there would be a tendency towards wanting to be alone?" Socrates: "The flooring is made of granite isn't it? Yes is the answer to your question." Plato: "Explain this - in a crowd of 200 people watching a movie, you suddenly feel alone. How? Why?" Socrates: "Disposition." Plato raises his eyebrows. A pretty skirt passes by. Plato: "Isn't there something more to it than just plain disposition?" Socrates: "Did you just see that?" Plato strains his neck to see the last flutter of that skirt go around the corner of the corridor. Plato: "Yeah, pretty isn't it?" Socrates: "Well yes, but very geometric." Plato: "Er...What?" Socrates: "The pattern on the granite floor." Plato: "Ah....yes. Geometric indeed. " Plato shakes his head and picks up coffee from the vending machine. Socrates switches on his laptop and the music starts playing. That thing you do by The Wonders drifts across the corridor. Plato: "How about a remedy to fight solitude?" Socrates: "Disposition." Plato: "Disposition towards not staying alone, I presume?" Socrates: "Could be." Plato raises his eyebrows once again. The coffee tastes like warm sweet water. The song continues in the background. Plato: "The geometric patterns on the floor are easy to comprehend." Socrates: "Geometry is always easy to comprehend. What is not easy, however, is the thinking that goes behind making geometry a regular pattern. " Plato: "So is the case with life, right? Almost impossible to predict the thinking that goes behind a usual regular pattern." Socrates and Plato walk off into the night that has already started receding to make way for the day. Night and day - just another regular pattern of an irregular life. Previous Socrates&Plato posts:1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14