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‘“Well, do you know any sort of man,” he asked, “more stupid than people who just recite Homer from memory?”
“No, indeed,” answered Niceratus; “not I, I am sure.”
“No,” said Socrates; “and the reason is clear: they do not know the inner meaning of the poems.”’
Xen. Sym. 3.6
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If Xenophon’s Socrates were able to dunk on me from a distance of some 2,380 years, I would simply consider that he might have a valid point
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Ryan Baumann
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Wow, this blew up. While you’re here, check out Xenophon’s SoundCloud: tinyurl.com/xenophons-soun…
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Ryan Baumann
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i refuse
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Ryan Baumann
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Trick question, the Batrachomyomachia definitely counts
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Nikos
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Spartans on the Athenians:
"Αsked by someone why the Lacedaemonians don't get drunk, Leotychidas answered:
"So that others may not think on our behalf but we on theirs"
History has written how well these sophistries have served the Athenian drunkards.
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Nikos
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Source:
amazon.com/Sparta-Penguin…
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Ray🇪🇺🤘😝
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Loosely translates as, “knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.”
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Jenn Broekman
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Charisma is being able to sell a tomato-based fruit salad by naming it "sauce" in Spanish...
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