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"'''Tending Plato's Elephant'''" is a short essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].
[[File:Tending Plato's Elephant (tweet).png|thumb|Tending Plato's Elephant (social media post screenshot).]]"'''Tending Plato's Elephant'''" is a short essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].


== Tending Plato's Elephant ==
== Tending Plato's Elephant ==


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Works for me
A mix of "Prisoners in Plato's cave" and "Blind men tending Plato's elephant"
A mix of "Prisoners in Plato's cave" and "Blind men tending Plato's elephant"



Revision as of 04:05, 1 April 2021

Tending Plato's Elephant (social media post screenshot).

"Tending Plato's Elephant" is a short essay by Karl Jones.

Tending Plato's Elephant

A mix of "Prisoners in Plato's cave" and "Blind men tending Plato's elephant"

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

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