• burgersc12
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    17
    ·
    edit-2
    4 hours ago

    Even if all the scholars think it wasn’t literal doesn’t mean he didn’t mean it literally, that could just be how we have been interpreting it

    • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      2 hours ago

      Plato wasn’t writing in some long-dead obscure language that we only have vague translations of, it was Greek. It’s not a matter of interpretation.