#pre socratics

[pink-lemonade-rose]

The Muses were goddesses of poetry, but poetry itself encompassed a very wide domain. Many of the pre-Socratic philosophers (Parmenides, Xenophanes, Empedocles) expressed their thoughts in poetry, and Empedocles, at least, invokes the Muses for their aid. [...] Empedocles' use of the figure of the Muse should remind us of the range of the Muses' functions in the culture of early Greece: not only are they givers of pleasure who soothe cares and immortalize the deeds of men in song, as daughters of Mnemosyne they know everything about the past and the unseen world of the gods, and they are also authorities on ethical matters and wisdom generally.

Penelope Murray, “The Muses and their Arts”

[shittygaypornmagazine]

you ever get into an online college and go ham on the arts and humanities

[annabelle-o-belmont]

philosophy is so fucking funny, like you go all the way back to the ionian school of pre-socratic philosophy and its like everyone is out here changing up what they believe the world arises from.

Thales of Miletus believed all things are derived from water because of moistness.

Anaximenes believed everything is derived from air.

Heraclitus believed all things are derived from fire.

straight up just like switching out what came before.

(lmao i know it’s more complicated than that and they had solid reasoning, but it’s funnier to think about them just like being like “fuck you philosophy father!! the archae is this!!!”)

i love philosophy so much lmao.

[lindahall]

Empedocles – Scientist of the Day

Empedocles, a Greek pre-Socratic natural philosopher, lived and wrote sometime around 440 B.C.E; he was probably born around 490 and died about 434 B.C.E. 

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[crudely-drawn-ben]

Typical! I express a perfectly normal opinion about how if I shoot an arrow at a tortoise it should be able to cross the intervening distance, and suddenly everyone is calling me zenophobic.

[aboutanancientenquiry]

Hérodote, présocratique ? (Herodotus, Pre-socratic?)

Bernardo Berruecos Frank "Hérodote, présocratique ?", in (M. Reig & X. Riu, eds.) Drama, Philosophy, Politics in Ancient Greece. Contexts and Receptions,  Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 2014.

[ahalal-uralma]

Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers. Epic Rap Battles of History

I’ve watched a lot of these, but I can’t believe I’ve missed this one and it is the best one out of all of them easily. I needed a few minutes to clear my eyes from laughing too hard. I have thoughts, but will preserve them in tags.

[nalgenewhore]

omg just found out that two of my profs r married to each other thats wiiiilllddd no like its so so so funny

[outerblog]

Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing, for the known way is an impasse.

Heraclitus (trans. Brooks Haxton)

[fellator]

morphology can be a lot more fun once you realize it's kind of a chicken and the egg type thing

[devilsavocadoart]

But what about Damodirty ?

I used the word "Damoclean" in a post to be annoying and there are people in the notes like "#yesssss damocles mentioned". This site's notion of how fandom works is genuinely unfathomable.

[tagitables]

[kyliaquilor]

I will never respect self-martyrdom in history.

At some point, you basically forced the state to kill you when you rejected numerous opportunities to avoid death that didn’t even remotely require significant sacrifice.

[lindahall]

Parmenides of Elea – Scientist of the Day

Parmenides of Elea, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, flourished around 475 B.C.E.; his birth and death years are unknown. Learn more

[hauyne]

western philosophy class pissing me off but i like heraclitus i think he is funny. thank god i can do pass/fail and nothave it impact my gpa lolol

[procrastinationaccount]

Pre-Alecto tlt agenda 2024

Gideon Nav stockholm syndrome discourse

Socratic seminar on what kind of car each character would drive

200k Naberius Tern/Matthias Nonius enemies-to-lovers fic

Full Canaan crew ranked by how likely Ianthe would be to use them as the furnace of her lyctorhood (if Babs had eaten a bad clam and died)

The full audiobooks but every time Harrow or Gideon say something incriminatingly gay about each other it gets faster (20 minute video)

Art contest: design a dog bed for Noodle

Placing every lyctor on the butch-femme spectrum

Reblog chain of things we would do for a proper griddlehark kiss (be boiled alive in fat, etc)