• Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    If memory serves, Aristotle was a professional wrestler and would occasionally win arguments by standing up and flexing his muscles

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      That’s Plato. His name means broad or wide as in wide shouldered. It was given to him as a nickname since he was a big guy and wrestled.

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      Even way back then philosophy majors still needed a day job.