[ SECRET POST #2791 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2791 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't image-searched to verify, but I suspect it's an illustration of Socrates -- maybe comparing back-and-forth with a beta to the Socratic teaching method?

[dreemyweird]

It is Socrates with Plato. Tbh I think that if the OP did intend for the picture to have a meaning, it was probably that Plato was a "beta" to Socrates (as in, pretty much all we know about Socrates' views we know thanks to Plato's writings).

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, I wouldn't say that -- a beta doesn't have anywhere near that much control.

[dreemyweird]

Maybe they weren't thinking it through that thoroughly. It's just a fun pic of a very serious-looking guy discussing his philosophy with his even more serious-looking friend. That's roughly the writer/beta situation.

That, or they meant that Socrates took Plato's judgements into account when teaching his pupils, which is unverifiable but cute. (Plausible, too, if you ask me).

They might've also been referencing the "truth is born in argument" saying, which is often attributed to Socrates and is also applicable to the nature of writer/beta relationships.

eta: essentially, yeah, I agree that my initial analogy was faulty :P The first anon might be right, too.

[(Anonymous)]

No, it's Plato (old) and Aristotle (younger)

[dreemyweird]

Omg. My bad. Somehow I was convinced Raphael painted Socrates, IDK why. The analogy makes less sense, then, and I suppose the OP simply chose the pic because of the way they look.