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>I actually read the "Ion" in Greek, and I'm only showing off because it was
>so fucking hard.
>
>Here's the thing: I appreciate the fact that Plato is held up as one of the
>great craniums. I used to teach the Symposium in my freshman comp
>classes...so the old guy is useful. But, there's certain things that simply
>leap out at one and convince me that though he was smart, he was not wise
>and that he applied his huge intellect mostly to rationalize his own
>privileges.
>
>There's first his insistence that the only creative act that matters is
>that of the intellectual man: he dismisses the creation and nurturing of
>life (women's work), he dismisses the value of work and of artistic
>creation by arguing that they are second- or third-hand imitations, and
>overall, he dedicates his entire work to the worship of a thin universe of
>forms, which are superior precisely because they not connected with labor
>-- I find no deeper idea here. His writings are invaluable in understanding
>Greek culture and history, but as a mentor to consciousness he is
>worthless. He urged us to know ourselves, but neglected to take his own
>advice.
>
>Joanna
>
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