Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Ancient Culture Constructions. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων
Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Ancient Culture Constructions. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων

Πέμπτη, 23 Φεβρουαρίου 2012

Role of Wine in Greek Philosophy with Plato & Socrates

If you think about Greek philosophy generally, or just Plato, Socrates, and other sitting around talking about morality, do you also think about them drinking liberal quantities of wine — even drinking wine to the point of getting drunk? Probably not. The sober, serious philosophy associated with Plato and Socrates doesn't seem to leave much room for getting buzzed on wine, but if you read some of the Greek texts closely you'll notice that wine drinking plays an important role.