Spyke
feddit.it

I get why he is lister as screenwriter for various works, but as an actor I think that's totally wrong.

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Swiftnickreply
lemmy.world

It's probably a painting (could be on pottery) of Plato. So not entirely wrong accreditation.

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kbin.social

Plato could have done the same thing as Socrates, that guy traveled with George Carlin in a time machine. True story.

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4amreply

SEW CRATES! EXCELLENT. 🎸🎶

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reddthat.com

Wasn't he pretty anti-plays? Thought they were a waste of time with no value. Aristotle was the one who saw them as educational.

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lemmy.world

Plato wrote many plays. Atlantis actually comes from a Plato play.

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reddthat.com

I did some research

Plato had a complex relationship with the arts, including plays. While he appreciated some aspects of the arts and was a skilled literary stylist himself, he found them threatening due to their potential influence on society. Plato proposed censoring poets and playwrights in his ideal Republic, believing that the arts could shape character and manipulate people[4]. Despite his reservations about plays and other art forms, Plato's dialogues, often considered literary masterpieces, reveal his engagement with dramatic elements and theatrical imagery to express philosophical concepts[5]. Therefore, Plato's views on plays were nuanced, reflecting both appreciation for literary expression and concern about their impact on society.

Citations: [1] Why was Plato against literature and art? Specifically why did he attack ... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskLiteraryStudies/comments/11zommn/why_was_plato_against_literature_and_art/ [2] Thread: Plato's argumentation against theatre and representation http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php [3] The Role of Play in the Philosophy of Plato - jstor https://www.jstor.org/stable/3749078 [4] Plato's Aesthetics - Rowan University https://users.rowan.edu/~clowney/Aesthetics/philos_artists_onart/plato.htm [5] Theatre and Philosophy: The lies in Plato's closet | Double Dialogues https://doubledialogues.com/article/theatre-and-philosophy-the-lies-in-platos-closet/

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IMDb is user generated, and he stars in "The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick" (?) from 1990.

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TIL: The ancient Greek philosopher Plato has a IMDB page and is credited as a writer (and actor for some reason) | Spyke