Aww, thank you for such kind words, John! Once again, your photo captions are the bit player on stage who gets a spinoff next season to accommodate such a big personality. I've never seen a discussion of Plato, reality, and mimesis so REALISTICALLY illustrated. Brilliant, just brilliant. 😂 😂 I just love the way you are teaching these classic texts with drama and wit. Can't wait for Aristotle to go for the save. Come on, Ari, you can do it!
And *I* have it on good authority that Yankees caps are all the rage this season (again/still), so there may be more to Glaucon than Plato knew how to appreciate. I mean, if he created a line of menswear, would Plato even have noticed?
Aww, thank you for such kind words, John! Once again, your photo captions are the bit player on stage who gets a spinoff next season to accommodate such a big personality. I've never seen a discussion of Plato, reality, and mimesis so REALISTICALLY illustrated. Brilliant, just brilliant. 😂 😂 I just love the way you are teaching these classic texts with drama and wit. Can't wait for Aristotle to go for the save. Come on, Ari, you can do it!
Thanks, and I'm glad you liked the captions! I always wonder if anyone will notice them.
Indeed, I have it on good authority that Glaucon always wore a Yankees cap. For the record.
And *I* have it on good authority that Yankees caps are all the rage this season (again/still), so there may be more to Glaucon than Plato knew how to appreciate. I mean, if he created a line of menswear, would Plato even have noticed?
Is that a rhetorical or Socratic question? I'll tell you what Plato would have noticed, that the *real* God (excuse me -- form of the Good) -- a movie director -- wears a Yankees cap! For instance, Antoine Fuqua: https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/221115211448-01-antoine-fuqua-101922.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill/f_webp
All I will say is that of course a yes-man would wear a Yankees cap. *quickly ducks for cover*
Ooooo, the rivalries deepen! The athletes and their partisans exchange cat-calls! The bullpens empty out amid flying tomatoes.
Excellent point. So right. That is obviously an illustration of the Good. Probably John has that very photo in his ancient visual archive.
The form of the Good has unfortunately moved to the west coast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mookie_Betts#/media/File:Mookie_Betts_running_2018.jpg
All right, I think I've riled things up enough here . . .
They get extra points for using a vintage picture of sumo wrestlers.