"Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god." - Aristotle. - oh Aristotle, why did you never come to the realization that the egalitarian hunter gatherers were wild beasts! The urban city dweller is a beast! I believe solitude was most likely a more modern development and for something bigger... to continue:
"Man is omnipotent when he but knows his omnipotence. Until that day he is but man. Voltaire said that man could never comprehend God for man must be God to comprehend Him. Man is God and therefore God is within the comprehension of man. Man is Mind. Man is matter. Mind and matter are One. God is Mind." - Walter Russell in the Universal One. A good example of has succesfully lived up to solitude is Heraclitus. Socialization is a trap that limits human potential. It enslaves you as you.
