One day, Socrates was out walking when he met Stupidus. Socrates: Hail Stupidus Stupidus: What-ho Socrates. I was just saying that I have proven that Black is White. Socrates: Nonsense. It is obvious that Black is Black and White is White. Stupidus: Darnit, you're right. I hasn't thought of that. Greek Chorus: Ha ha, everyone laugh at Stupidus. What a belmer.
Yes! Yes indeed. I've been saying this for ages, though with more words and less elegance. Glaukon is one of the best and brightest examples of how Socrates's main superpower is making all his enemies accept all his definitions without so much as a squeak of protest. It really goes to the heart of how the editors who mulled over Plato's stuff for hundreds of years ended up with a protracted exposition of a certain kind of Greek thinking much more than an actual debate manual. It'd be a bad manual: "Say things, wait for opponent to unconditionally agree, win."
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Date: 2009-04-08 08:00 pm (UTC)Socrates: Hail Stupidus
Stupidus: What-ho Socrates. I was just saying that I have proven that Black is White.
Socrates: Nonsense. It is obvious that Black is Black and White is White.
Stupidus: Darnit, you're right. I hasn't thought of that.
Greek Chorus: Ha ha, everyone laugh at Stupidus. What a belmer.
Yes! Yes indeed. I've been saying this for ages, though with more words and less elegance. Glaukon is one of the best and brightest examples of how Socrates's main superpower is making all his enemies accept all his definitions without so much as a squeak of protest. It really goes to the heart of how the editors who mulled over Plato's stuff for hundreds of years ended up with a protracted exposition of a certain kind of Greek thinking much more than an actual debate manual. It'd be a bad manual: "Say things, wait for opponent to unconditionally agree, win."