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Socrates the shitposter (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

that would had been good, since he didn't write anything, it's all 2nd hand accounts

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This. Socrates thought writing things down prevented you from truly "knowing" something since you'd be looking up the notes later on. That implies you don't know the info, you just know where to find it.

We know he thought that because his students wrote it down.

[–] Sabre363 10 points 2 years ago

Socrates would've fucking hated the Internet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Plato: "Write that down!"