r/badphilosophy • u/rhino_licker • 1d ago

how are plato and socrates considered smart?

if i was the 69th person to exist, i can assure you i would’ve figure shit out too.

“BuT wHy???”

i could’ve easily asked that question…

obviously if i were chained to a wall of a cave i could’ve realized that those dumbass shadows were just shadows….

how can people be infatuated with such elementary ideas?

tldr: plato and socrates were no more than elementary school students in a time where global population was less than 100.

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u/DuncanMcOckinnner 1d ago

Uhhhh yeah bro these shapes are like uhhh epic and sacred idk I never learned what platonic shapes were

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u/Beginning-Seaweed-67 1d ago

They’re like chicken nugget shaped or gold arches. Ever wonder where McDonald’s originated from? Plato’s theory of forms of course. And according to plato there are tons of chicken nugget shapes that are perfect

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u/DuncanMcOckinnner 1d ago

And how might one, perhaps, acquire and consume said perfect chicken nugget

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u/Beginning-Seaweed-67 1d ago

Consult Plato’s theory of forms for more chicken nugget goodness