I'm pretty sure I have more people who follow me on here than who knew who Socrates was when he was alive, after reviewing the actual enfranchised population of Classical Athens
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That story honestly gives me far more respect for Socrates than any of Plato's writing about him Because that story, in and of itself, is far more hilariously humiliating to Socrates than any specific mockery in the play could be
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There's a nice bit in L. Sprague De Camp's "The Glory That Was," IIRC, with a time traveler trying to find Socrates in Athens and no one knows which Socrates he means
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