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[[File:Tending Plato's Elephant.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Tending Plato's Elephant.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''Tending Plato's Elephant'''.]] | ||
People forget that Plato was a warrior and statesman, and a slave-owner to boot | People forget that Plato was a warrior and statesman, and a slave-owner to boot | ||
Given the chance, Plato would have locked us up in that cave and forced us to tend the elephant | Given the chance, Plato would have locked us up in that cave and forced us to tend the elephant | ||
=== Mental models === | === Mental models === | ||
"mental models do make a difference in delivering results" | "... mental models do make a difference in delivering results" | ||
Is the Prisoners in a Cave metaphor better than the Blind Men with an Elephant metaphor? | Is the Prisoners in a Cave metaphor better than the Blind Men with an Elephant metaphor? | ||
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File:Yes yes, it's all very tragic - Juvenal.jpg|link=Juvenal|Yes yes, it's all very tragic. —'''[[Juvenal]]'''. | File:Yes yes, it's all very tragic - Juvenal.jpg|link=Juvenal|Yes yes, it's all very tragic. —'''[[Juvenal]]'''. | ||
File:A man cannot stab his enemy twice.png|link=A man cannot stab his enemy twice|'''[[A man cannot stab his enemy twice]]'''. The second stab, he is not the same man, and his enemy is not the same enemy. | |||
File:Archetype Heaven.jpg|link=Archetype Heaven|'''[[Archetype Heaven]]''' is a fully licensed [[transdimensional corporation]] which monitors and safeguard's Plato's theory of forms. | File:Archetype Heaven.jpg|link=Archetype Heaven|'''[[Archetype Heaven]]''' is a fully licensed [[transdimensional corporation]] which monitors and safeguard's Plato's theory of forms. | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[A man cannot stab his enemy twice]] | |||
* [[Archetype Heaven]] | * [[Archetype Heaven]] | ||
* ''[[Gilligan's Matrix]]'' | * ''[[Gilligan's Matrix]]'' | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/ | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] @ Wikipedia | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave Allegory of the cave] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxoSZfBFrwE How did Plato and Aristotle justify slavery?] @ YouTube | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eodvY4fxjDs The Life of Plato] @ YouTube | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant Blind men and an elephant] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn9BUfUCL4I The Blind Men and the Elephant] @ YouTube | |||
=== Social media === | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1694368140388364773 Post] @ Twitter (23 August 2023) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1633811736342978561 Post] @ Twitter (9 March 2023) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1377592676841836544 Post] @ Twitter (1 April 2021) | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1377592676841836544 Post] @ Twitter (1 April 2021) | ||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1364892468416806913 Post] @ Twitter (25 February 2021) | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1364892468416806913 Post] @ Twitter (25 February 2021) | ||
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[[Category:Animals (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Animals (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Elephants (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Elephants (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Essays | [[Category:Essays]] | ||
[[Category:Philosophy (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Philosophy (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Plato (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Plato (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:08, 1 September 2024
People forget that Plato was a warrior and statesman, and a slave-owner to boot
Given the chance, Plato would have locked us up in that cave and forced us to tend the elephant
Mental models
"... mental models do make a difference in delivering results"
Is the Prisoners in a Cave metaphor better than the Blind Men with an Elephant metaphor?
It is if you're the prisoner in the cave.
- Post @ Twitter (26 November 2022)
In the News
Yes yes, it's all very tragic. —Juvenal.
A man cannot stab his enemy twice. The second stab, he is not the same man, and his enemy is not the same enemy.
Archetype Heaven is a fully licensed transdimensional corporation which monitors and safeguard's Plato's theory of forms.
Gilligan's Matrix is a science-fiction drama television series with follows the agonies of seven artificial intelligences as they attempt to survive on a simulated virtual desert island on which their data structures are corrupted.
Tending Plato's Elephant (Gnomon Chronicles screenshot).
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Fiction cross-reference
- A man cannot stab his enemy twice
- Archetype Heaven
- Gilligan's Matrix
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Juvenal
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Plato @ Wikipedia
- Allegory of the cave @ Wikipedia
- How did Plato and Aristotle justify slavery? @ YouTube
- The Life of Plato @ YouTube
- Blind men and an elephant @ Wikipedia
- The Blind Men and the Elephant @ YouTube