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Which writer, from any period, would be most dismayed by how they are viewed today? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by tomasz@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Ghast@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is he? Plato's Republic suggested odd battle tactics, and telling lies to discourage the aristocracy from keeping money. But he also started a kind of proto-Feminism.

What little I remember of Aristotle was madness from start to finish, but then I didn't read much of him.

[–] jackalope@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Plato thought that all apples got their essence from an eternal platonic magic Apple. I'd say he was pretty wrong on that.