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I can’t read this passage from Xenophon’s Anabasis(7.3.39):

“Then they gave out “Athena” as the watchword, on account of their kinship.”

without thinking of this:

#xenophon #anabasis #classics #ancient greece

@disbander-of-armies

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 15:36:42

Socrates- Russell’s History of Western Philosophy, chapter by chapter- (11)

Today we move on to a discussion of Socrates. Russell only focuses on him briefly because of the fact that we have so much historical uncertainty regarding him. This article will mostly focus on what we know of him through Plato and Xenophon. One interesting thing about the historicity of Socrates is that we can say that we either know very little about him or quite a lot. This is because there…

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#bertrand russell #dialectic #history #history of western philosophy #socrates #xenophon

@bookwolfereviews

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:43:49

enjolrass-barricadebooty:

I love how Ancient Greek philosophers were basically all sporty buff wrestling guys. Modern philosophers are unathletic dweebs for the most part… I want to see them wrestle… Bring back buff bicep philosophy!!!

OK I’M SERIOUS IMAGINE A JORDAN PETERSON VS SLAVOJ ZIZEK WRESTLING MATCH.

#ancient greece #socrates #aristotle #epicurus #epicurian #philosophy #ancient greek #ancient greek philosophy #xenophon #dark academia memes #dark academia aesthetic #dark academia #light academia #donna tartt #the secret history

@enjolrass-barricadebooty

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:18:02

I love how Ancient Greek philosophers were basically all sporty buff wrestling guys. Modern philosophers are unathletic dweebs for the most part… I want to see them wrestle… Bring back big buff bicep philosophy!!!