Shoegazer [he/him] to chat • edit-22 years agoI like how ancient philosophy is just a bunch of old men standing on a crowded street corner yelling things at passerbysmessage-squaremessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up117file-text
arrow-up117message-squareI like how ancient philosophy is just a bunch of old men standing on a crowded street corner yelling things at passerbysShoegazer [he/him] to chat • edit-22 years agomessage-square12 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
I wonder if future scholars will look back and consider the man on my street corner to be an influential thinker
minus-squareaxont [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear9·edit-22 years agoThe only reason we know about some of these guys is graffiti. I think all the Epictetus writings came from scrawlings on a fence in Turkey. link
minus-squareShoegazer [he/him]hexagonhexbear9·2 years agoThe graffiti in question: Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men's behinds. link
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]hexbear6·2 years agoIt's a shame the proletarian reactions to this sort of thing didn't make it into written history. How many people called Socrates a dumb asshole for his definition of man before Dionyses did the PR stunt with the chicken? link
The only reason we know about some of these guys is graffiti. I think all the Epictetus writings came from scrawlings on a fence in Turkey.
The graffiti in question:
It's a shame the proletarian reactions to this sort of thing didn't make it into written history.
How many people called Socrates a dumb asshole for his definition of man before Dionyses did the PR stunt with the chicken?