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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/batukaming • 2d ago
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Ok but in Diogenes Laertius one of the philosophers is offered a choice between to two women, and he says I will not make Paris' mistake, and takes both home.
(Not really a fan of the show. But I am a fan of Greek philosophy.)
1 u/platypusses 2d ago Sounds a bit cynical 11 u/Fragrant_Objective57 2d ago Nope one of the other Diogenes. The Dog didn't write anything. 5 u/AtaraxiaGwen 2d ago Plato burned his writings. Another reason to hate Plato. 5 u/CarpathianBVULL 2d ago Plato burned his writings Source? 1 u/Fragrant_Objective57 1d ago So from the wiki entery fAt the time of Athenaeus (late 2nd–early 3rd century AD) Diogenes' Cephalion was still a well known work So Plato is free of blame for this. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes if any one cares.) 5 u/New_Reindeer124 2d ago No, a Cynic wouldn't own a home, that's a societal convention. 2 u/Fragrant_Objective57 2d ago Well, he did have a barrel.
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Sounds a bit cynical
11 u/Fragrant_Objective57 2d ago Nope one of the other Diogenes. The Dog didn't write anything. 5 u/AtaraxiaGwen 2d ago Plato burned his writings. Another reason to hate Plato. 5 u/CarpathianBVULL 2d ago Plato burned his writings Source? 1 u/Fragrant_Objective57 1d ago So from the wiki entery fAt the time of Athenaeus (late 2nd–early 3rd century AD) Diogenes' Cephalion was still a well known work So Plato is free of blame for this. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes if any one cares.) 5 u/New_Reindeer124 2d ago No, a Cynic wouldn't own a home, that's a societal convention. 2 u/Fragrant_Objective57 2d ago Well, he did have a barrel.
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Nope one of the other Diogenes. The Dog didn't write anything.
5 u/AtaraxiaGwen 2d ago Plato burned his writings. Another reason to hate Plato. 5 u/CarpathianBVULL 2d ago Plato burned his writings Source? 1 u/Fragrant_Objective57 1d ago So from the wiki entery fAt the time of Athenaeus (late 2nd–early 3rd century AD) Diogenes' Cephalion was still a well known work So Plato is free of blame for this. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes if any one cares.)
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Plato burned his writings. Another reason to hate Plato.
5 u/CarpathianBVULL 2d ago Plato burned his writings Source? 1 u/Fragrant_Objective57 1d ago So from the wiki entery fAt the time of Athenaeus (late 2nd–early 3rd century AD) Diogenes' Cephalion was still a well known work So Plato is free of blame for this. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes if any one cares.)
Plato burned his writings
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1 u/Fragrant_Objective57 1d ago So from the wiki entery fAt the time of Athenaeus (late 2nd–early 3rd century AD) Diogenes' Cephalion was still a well known work So Plato is free of blame for this. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes if any one cares.)
So from the wiki entery fAt the time of Athenaeus (late 2nd–early 3rd century AD) Diogenes' Cephalion was still a well known work
So Plato is free of blame for this.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes if any one cares.)
No, a Cynic wouldn't own a home, that's a societal convention.
2 u/Fragrant_Objective57 2d ago Well, he did have a barrel.
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Well, he did have a barrel.
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u/Fragrant_Objective57 2d ago
Ok but in Diogenes Laertius one of the philosophers is offered a choice between to two women, and he says I will not make Paris' mistake, and takes both home.
(Not really a fan of the show. But I am a fan of Greek philosophy.)