#plato and aristotle

[lapithai]

Greek philosophers

[bunabi]

thinking about Them (the cool textile exhibit at the Art Institute)

[academic-vampire]

“E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.”

“Then we came forth, to see again the stars.”

“puro e disposto a salire a le stelle.”

“pure and prepared to rise up to the stars.”

“l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.”

“the Love that moves the sun and all the other stars.”

✦ The last lines of the Divine Comedy, (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso). Dante Alighieri.

[spineless-lobster]

The greatest crossover in history is the fact that socrates taught plato who taught aristotle who taught alexander the great like what the fuck was that the writer’s were so insane for making that real

[salvadorbonaparte]

There was a phase as a pre-teen where I wanted to become an Ancient Greek Philosopher and I thought that my ambition should not founder on something as petty as Ancient Greece no longer existing

[greeneyed-thestral]

Plato and Aristotle | Michael and David

[madame-helen]

[pigeonsgrame2]

ITS FINISHED. A lot of you will see this a day late BUT!!

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY RABBITS BROACH!!!!!

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[celaenaeiln]

Dick and Jason would totally have a debate about reading. Except it wouldn’t be about whether Dick could read or not, it would be about whether classical literature is better than philosophical texts and they would hate the other because Jason would say that philosophical texts are a bunch of phony ramblings from old men who had nothing better to do and Dick would get mad and say classical literature is only popular because it’s too messed up for its time period and therefore the only reason it’s remembered and not because it’s actually good. 30 mins later Tim walks into the room with Jason and Dick not even a centimeter apart and screaming into each others faces and takes a slow sip of coffee and says “programming books are the most fun to read.”

Dick and Jason turn their heads so slowly to look at him that with each movement their neck muscles positively creak with pure revulsion for him.

Later Jason sends a half a dozen photos to the Titans and Bernard of Tim’s most awkward poses and Dick sidles up to Bruce and convinces him that Tim has gotten to the point where his sleep is affecting him so much he’s not functioning properly so Bruce takes matters into his own hands.

[iamadyingangel]

reading plato so i can understand aristotle so i can understand kant so i can understand hegel so i can understand marx so i can argue non stop

[katerinaaqu]

Helloo I hope you're doing well :) I was reading about Hector and realised I've never seen him outside of the Iliad. Does he appear in other texts ?

Hello and thank you very much for your sweet words and your ask! Oh yes of course. Hector appears in a plethora of ancient Greek and Roman texts but the real test is to see him outside the context of the Trojan war! Hahaha!

For example Hector appears in plenty of texts by Apollodorous in various contexts and he even mentions how Hector was the one to kill Protesilaus and that is mentioned in several sources more I believe Hyginus included as well as a writer called Philostratus mentions the death of Protesilaus by the hands of Hector. Pausanias mentions Hector in one painting or image sitting in a mourning manner next to the Ethipian king Memnon after the Thracian Thamyris. Plutarch also mentions Hector in various of his texts in the context of Trojan War. Eurypedes mentions Hector in many of his tragedies. Strabo makes mentions to Hector during his geographical expeditions. Plato mentions Hector a lot in his work (even in Apology), Pindar as well as Diodorus Siculus. Last but not least we have Aristotle who mentions Hector in various of his works.

For other roman sources we have of course the Aenead by Virgil and Ovid. Even Pliny the Elder makes mentions to Hector and of course P. Virgilius Maro as he makes commentary on Virgils' Aenead. P. Ovidius Naso also mentions him in his work among other written roman sources including Horace

For his physical description we again have the classic cases of Malalas and Dares the Phrygian. And of course again we have kinda contradictory accounts on him:

Dares the Phrygian: Hector spoke with a slight lisp. His complexion was fair, his hair curly. His eyes would blink attractively. His movements were swift. His face, with its beard, was noble. He was handsome, fierce, and high-spirited, merciful to the citizens, and deserving of love. Malalas: dark-skinned, tall, very stoutly built, strong, good nose, wooly-haired, good beard, squinting, speech defect, noble, fearsome warrior, deep-voiced.

To name a few writers who mention him! Happy to provide the passages you want in the future. Most of the contexts in which Hector is being mentioned is around the trojan war and the epic cycle or used as an example for rethorics. ^_^

And of course do not forget how Hector's name is being mentioned to Linear B tablets! ;)

I hope this helps!

[gallusrostromegalus]

AEIWAM Update: Happy Pride, these old men are experiencing 12th Dimensional Shrimp Genders!

[oysterspearl]

You read theory so you can argue online. I read theory so I can be annoying about Disco Elysium. We are not the same

[epicforwards]

"Choice, not chance, determines your destiny." -- Aristotle

[plato-from-philosophy]

contrary to popular belief, i did not leave Aristotle in charge of ethics after i died

it was supposed to be diogenes