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Pick a Place to Philosophize!

(It's meant for Facebook emojis, nonetheless...), they are as follows:

;( - The Stoa of the Stoics, descending from Heraclitus, "the weeping philosopher" (due to fate).

<3 - The Garden! After all, "The wise person will likely be fond of the countryside."

:huh: - The Gymnasia: Plato's Academy was a Gynamsium, as was Aristotle's Lyceum. The picture features a palaestre.

X( - Antisthenes (the Cynic) taught at the Cynosarges Gymnasium ... however, we tend to think of Diogenes, living in a pot.

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December 23, 2024 at 8:36 AM

Great graphic. It actually reminds me of those "Prove you're a human" online security puzzles. On "fond of the countryside," it pleases me to no end that it's one word: φιλαγρήσειν "They will love the ἀγρός "fields, land, country as opposed to the town.""

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