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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by beepbooptheory on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:58PM (#35904939)
Maybe kinda pedantic but, this is not Plato/Socrates saying this here, but Socrates telling Phaedrus what King Thamus said to Thoth. It's kinda important I guess, because Socrates is ultimately somewhat ambivalent by the end of the dialogue on this issue.

Consider also Derrida's thoughts on these matters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmakon_(philosophy)

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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by ly3xqhl8g9 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:37PM (#35905503)
Sure, the game of différance [1] can be played till the end of the universe. Socrates is well known as an aporia [2] lover, but at the end of the day even he had to take an executive decision, leave the agora, and go home to the nagging wife [3]. Ancient Greek misogyny aside, Xanthippe can be interpreted as Socrates' aporia solver, in the same manner his 'daemon' [4] would only tell him "No", Xanthippe would tell him "Yes".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff%C3%A9rance

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporia

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthippe

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimon#Socrates

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