Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Turns out he could boogie …

… The Ancient Greek rebel leader who saw Socrates solo-dancing | Aeon Essays. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

In Xenophon’s Symposium, Socrates asks the Phoenician dance-master to show him some dance moves. Everyone laughs: what will you do with dance moves, Socrates? He replies: ‘I’ll dance, by God!

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