/lit/ - Literature

Was he autistic?

Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius. Please, don't forget to pay the debt.

ARISTODEMUS: He fucking hates rhetoric so much. We had just wandered to a resting-place after a symposion where our host made us recite speeches and all the other guests agreed because they were ignorant poets. Even Alcibiades wanted to do that because he had memorized all those arguments and watched the debates. Later on Alcibiades got genuinely upset because Socrates knew no rhetorical devices besides the ones with 2-3 simple manual trades. He knew that there was no point in reminding Alcibiades that he's only into allowing Truth to seize his vessel because he'd instantly get put on trial by those noble orators.

APOLLODORUS: This truly is the most harmful age.

>>12974848
you seem to know a lot about power anon. please enlighten us as to what it is

Would you be able to successfully defend your beliefs in a conversation with Socrates?

>>11020550
Even fiction must have some kind of a message in it for the reader to think about after reading. That message in itself is knowledge.

>>7490007
>Socrates
Not that far off.