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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Replying to @BootlegGirl
I mean the slaves and women probably still knew who he was
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
It is funny though There's a story that at a performance of Aristophanes' The Clouds a bunch of out-of-towers had come up see none of them got any of the constant jokes about Socrates
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
One of them finally just blurts out "Who is Socrates?!" and then the actual Socrates just stands up in the front row and silently points to himself
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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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