A Illustration of the unrealistic standards that society sets for men

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      At one point some Greeks were trying to define the word Man, they came up with a featherless biped, and the next day someone released a plucked chicken in the school.

      There are some words that are notorious for being hard to define. What they figured out was for those words to instead build up criteria.

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          One of the few philosophers of his time to argue against slavery in any notable form, because he just didn’t care if he pissed off his patrons.

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        Not just someone, the legendary philosopher Diogenes. One of my favorites stories is that one day he was cleaning veggies in a river or something, when Plato walked up and was like “You know Diogenes, if only you could pay taxes to the king you wouldn’t have to wash vegetables.” And Diogenes responds, “You know Plato, if only you could wash vegetables you wouldn’t have to pay taxes to the king.”

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      The definition of a man, where it came from, the argument. These people aren’t the educated thinking type.