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To: Carry_Okie

Plato’s real name was Aristocles; Socrates gave him the nickname Plato, which means something like ‘broad shouldered’. Wonder why that happened...


11 posted on 09/13/2025 1:40:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Socrates was accused of ‘corrupting the youth.’


15 posted on 09/13/2025 2:06:24 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: SunkenCiv
He because he was a wrestler?
17 posted on 09/13/2025 2:09:53 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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