#*cough* Diogenes Laertius *cough*

[intermundia]

One thing that I don’t think enough people know is that “Plato” might be a wrestling nickname meaning “Broad,” like broad chest, and we that might not actually know his given name—but we do know the names of his brothers Adeimantus and Glaucon, and his sister Potone!

So it’s like all of Western Philosophy is footnotes to the work of “the Rock,” and 2400 years from now, people know that “the Rock” had siblings named Dave, Bob, and Susan, but have no idea that he himself was named Dwayne. They cite “the Rock” with utmost seriousness, and without irony.