Historians have long considered the studies of Philippidas alongside those of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle for its impact on Athenian culture. Where philosophers mused on the nature of man, Philippidas took such inquiries a step further. While his contemporaries furiously debated with one...
Does it? I felt it more appropriate as this was more of a conjecture into the effects on Western philosophy by more modern interpretations of psychology and the mind. Imagine Plato's musings mixed with knowledge of how people react to authority or developmental theory. How would the Western...
“May I speak?”
His name was Philippidas. The son of a humble farmer and a seamstress, he sat at the Lyceum as a newcomer. Someone with the passion for thought, but neither the time nor the fortitude, it was increasingly likely this would be his last appearance at the debate. Even now, he was...