@tavelarocque: plato wasn't his real name. his name was aristocles. "plato" meant broad, and the man who gave him that name was his wrestling coach. his teacher socrates fought as heavy infantry at potidaea, delium and amphipolis. in plato's account alcibiades says socrates saved his life on the battlefield. in ancient greece philosophy happened at the gym. the academy and the lyceum were both built at gymnasia. you trained your body and argued about the soul in the same place on the same afternoon, because nobody believed those were two separate subjects. the body was never the opposite of the mind. it was the first place people practised having one. #philosophy #History #stoicism #discipline

Drdrdrad :

In Russian, we still use the word gymnasia to refer to a type of the secondary school where you delve deeper in certain subjects

TQ Mckinnes :

That’s why sports and fitness relate so much to life.

dixon :

what kind of workouts were they doing back then?

yok :

societies who separate philosophers and soldiers are ruled by cowards and protected by fools -Plato

B_ø-SS :

hello brother 👋

The Buy More Store :

No citations given

BigJaxonRah :

yo ima pull up to practice telling coach to call me plado

Aaron :

They were lowkey onto something

ΘΡΑΚΑΣ :

There is a saying that still being used in modern Hellas and says : Νοῦς υγιής ἐν σώματι υγιή= To have a health mind you also need a healthy body

Weird NoobGuest1 :

This is why Eastern Martial Arts and in its media, it is Philosophical as it is Physical.

tas :

i was doomscrolling procrastinating going to the gym; I’ll go now. thank you algorithm

_tamri :

strong body strong mind

DÄRK XĮX :

Strength of the mind, body and soul is being completed

venada.a :

Lactic acid is repurposed in the body to help repair all sorts of cells including neurons btw

CommonplaceBookCompany :

do you read this stuff

TM98 :

I thought we didn't know Platos real name

nanananana5247 :

I have it on good authority that socrates diddied plato at least a little

innocentodeny0 :

Thanks bro🔥

reeedim_ :

I want to know the source, please

Batman🦇 :

Sage 🧙‍♂️🌌🙊 :

socrates didn't weight lift but did do flowing movements like cardio

mr.quack :

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wait do Play Doe is from Plato😂😂😂

joe⚡️🌨️ :

yeah but they were both dualists and believed the mind and body were completely separate

💫𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐞💫 :

Huh?