Plato (l. 428/427 - 348/347 BCE) is the pre-eminent Greek philosopher, known for his Dialogues and for founding his Academy in Athens, traditionally considered the first university in the western world. Plato was a student of Socrates and featured his former teacher in almost all of his dialogues which form the basis of Western Philosophy.
Born Aristocles, son of Ariston of the deme Colytus, Plato had two older brothers (Adeimantus and Glaucon), who both feature famously in Plato's dialogue Republic, and a sister Potone. He is known by the nickname 'Plato' which, according to Diogenes Laertius (l. c. 180 - c. 240 CE), was given him by his wrestling coach because of his broad shoulders (in Greek 'Platon' means broad). His family was aristocratic and well-connected politically and it seems Plato was expected to pursue a career in politics. His interests, however, tended more toward the arts and, in his youth, he wrote plays and, perhaps, poetry.
After abandoning his literary pursuits and devoting himself to Socrates, even throughout his trial and execution, Plato wrote the foundational philosophic works of the ancient world which would go on to influence world culture. The three great monotheistic religions of the world owe much to Platonic thought whether directly or through the works of his student and friend Aristotle (l. 384-322 BCE), whose teachings remained consistent with Plato's vision of the importance of caring for one's soul and maintaining a virtuous lifestyle even though Aristotle would depart from some of the specifics of Plato's philosophy.
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missile would've jammed and they would've had to ram it
Do they even put machine guns on planes anymore?
they do but I think the last time anyone used them for an air target was like 30 years ago (holy fuck the gulf was 30 years ago)
The guns on the f-22 would probably jam knowing what a pos the fighter is so the missile is safer.
I heard there was a plane designed such that when its guns were firing, the bullets were heavy enough and propelled quickly enough that the plane would actually move backwards. This was from like 6 years ago.
I want this in kerbal
The A-10s gun has an effect like this, but that thing's a monster. The F-22 and F-35 both still have cannons but they're much smaller - ironically the reason they probably couldn't have shot the balloon down with the cannon is that it was too slow, the gun works best on something that's moving at about the same speed the shooter is.
Both the the F-22 and -35 still have guns, but using them requires getting real close which just isn't a thing that happens anymore.