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Socrates the shitposter (lemmy.world)
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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Socrates would've fucking hated the Internet.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Plato: "Write that down!"