我最喜爱的两个男演员，凯文史·派西和爱德华·诺顿，分别在电影中饰演过哲学老师。电影是《草叶》（Leaves of Grass）与《大卫·戈尔的一生》（The Life of David Gale）。两部电影有着几乎雷同的一个情节——课堂的陈述赢得了雷鸣的掌声，课后分别有女学生要投身老师的怀抱，欲来一场不伦之恋。这般情节似乎在验证聪明才是最新的性感这句话。
smart is the new sexy.
当然，电影最有意思的地方并不止这两人的演技。而是其故事后的哲学。我实在忍不住要将这两堂哲学课摘录于此：
《Leaves of Grass》
-Because passion,Plato seems to be saying is essentially and mercilessly
human.因为柏拉图似乎说过，情感就是人类本质上的弱点。
-And the best that we can hope to do is to quell it through relentless discipline.我们能做的就是通过持久的自律，抑制情感。
-To Socrates,the healthy life is comprised of constant focus by the individual to excise those forces that weaken or confuse his understanding of the world around him.对苏格拉底来说…
