I find it really hard to understand how anyone before the late Middle Ages thought the things they did.
"platonic forms" seem more sinister when you realize that integers were reaching down into his head and giving him city planning advicepic.twitter.com/4qaTdwOlry
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After like maybe 1250 people were stupid and wrong, but you can at least *imagine* thinking the things they did.
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I just realized that Aristotle's Politics has been sitting on my second hand kindle and I haven't read it yet.pic.twitter.com/0yVH3sPPL2
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"He believed all peoples' concepts and all of their knowledge was ultimately based on perception." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle
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Socrates: Surely we agree nothing more virtuous than sacrificing each newborn infant while reciting the factors of 39,916,800? Turgidas: Uh
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He also thought the integers 4 through 7 had been corrupted by the demiurge
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I’ve learned several ancient languages for this reason :)
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Amazing stuff; I recommend highly. Latin is the ancient language I was (at age 17) most nearly fluent in. It’s a wonderful language.
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