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Hey Antiochians!! Especially y'all who were in Revolutions with me. Look what I found in my files.. Enjoy...
In the catacombs of the castle, the magnificent Oracle Luke and his acolyte Foster, heavenly-inspired by holy psychotropic transcendence, were carrying the voice of the truth to the people of the polis. And Steve tried to silence their sacred message!
Antioch, Plato, and the Socratic Method
Scene: Tom’s Agora
The rabble sits about talking about what a great person Steve Lawry is.
Jessica: Thank the Board of Trustees that we have such a good and wise president.
Emily: Steve Lawry is a true philosopher king.
Molly: (soliloquy) What’s that I hear? The Steve Lawry I know-good and wise?
(to the group) Tell me, what is it about Steve that makes him a philosopher king?
Norah: Well, he renounced his family privileges and lives in humble solitude.
Sarah: When someone smashed his valuable amphoras and tore his togas off the clothes line he did not waver in his duties to the community.
Virginia: And just the other day, he was heard in the Agora cursing the Board of Trustees for burdening him with this mission. A reluctant ruler is a philosopher king indeed.
Paige: Not only that, but he has devoted himself to a crusade against the carnal excesses of the decadent students. I remember how relieved I was when he put an end to the depraved sale of weak, weak beer at parties and expelled four debauched, reefer-mad individuals who threatened to corrupt our minds and souls.
Molly: You make good points, my young friends. But does he truly live as ascetically as it seems. What do you see over there above yonder rooftops?
Jeanne: Why, it’s the spires of his humble castle.
Molly: Given property values in the city-state of Yellow Springs, how much do you think that castle is worth?
Loftin: That must be worth ten chests full of drachmas, at least.
Molly: And where do you live, young whippersnapper?
Jeanne: I live in the dark moldy hollows of Spalt dungeon.
Molly: That sounds terrible. Does Steve at least keep you well fed? Are you healthy and wholesome?
Norah: Welll, no. We get by on scraps of raspberry pork and crusts of chicken princess. Sometimes I’m forced to spend my dwindling funds on real food, putting me in even deeper debt. In fact, that’s what I’m doing here at Tom’s Agora.
Molly: Debt! Now that sounds ascetic. Tell me, how much debt does Steve Lawry have?
Virginia: Of course he doesn’t have debt. He is justly compensated for his hard work with a thousand drachmas every year.
Molly: And the trials that he endured-who devised them?
Loftin: They were devised by disgruntled students.
Molly: Why were the students disgruntled?
Jessica: In the catacombs of the castle, the magnificent Oracle Luke and his acolyte Foster, heavenly-inspired by holy psychotropic transcendence, were carrying the voice of the truth to the people of the polis. And Steve tried to silence their sacred message.
Molly: Silence the Oracle? Do you think it right, my young rapscallion, for a philosopher king to hide the truth to his people?
Emily: Now that you mention it, O wise Socrates, I believe it is not. A philosopher king should guide his countrymen out of the cave of ignorance and into the benevolent sun of Agathos.
Molly: Then, if a philosopher king shows the truth and your ruler hides the truth, then maybe your ruler is not a real philosopher king?
Sarah: The truth of that is inescapable.
Molly: And Steve claims to be reluctant to rule. Why do you think that is?
Virginia: Well, we can understand that! It’s difficult to be the ruler of Antioch. I certainly wouldn’t want to be in his shoes.
Molly: It sounds like the students are equally reluctant to govern this place. So why do you participate in governing forums? Do you get paid as much as Steve does?
Loftin: Well, no. We feel obligated to help maintain justice for our fellow countrymen.
Jessica: Our inner sense of justice drives us to work for the highest good.
Molly: That seems quite commendable. But you say that Steve denounces the carnal excesses of the students. Is Antioch more debauched than other city-states? It sounds like Antioch students spend their days wallowing in Dionysian orgies and seek only their own pleasure.
Paige: Well, I wish I had time for more Dionysian orgies, but between homework and the work I do for community forum, I don’t have much time for that. My friends in other states have much more time for orgies than I do.
Molly: And what kind of work do you do for community forum?
Virginia: Well, I personally go to every community forum to try to determine what is fair and just for my community.
Molly: Would you say that you’re engaged in a search for truth, then?
Emily: Of course!
Molly: And does Steve ever attend community meeting to participate in that search?
Loftin: Never.
Molly: So would you say that altogether, students spend more time searching for truth and Justice than Steve does?
Sarah: I guess that’s right...
Molly: Now if a true philosopher king is one that seeks truth and justice at the expense of his own privileges who would you say are the true philosophers?
Norah: Holy Board of Trustees, I guess it’s us. And come to think of it, philosophy is the most popular major in the state.
Molly: So who do you really think should be ruling this place? Something to think about my young scallywags.
(everyone looks stunned)
In the catacombs of the castle, the magnificent Oracle Luke and his acolyte Foster, heavenly-inspired by holy psychotropic transcendence, were carrying the voice of the truth to the people of the polis. And Steve tried to silence their sacred message!
Antioch, Plato, and the Socratic Method
Scene: Tom’s Agora
The rabble sits about talking about what a great person Steve Lawry is.
Jessica: Thank the Board of Trustees that we have such a good and wise president.
Emily: Steve Lawry is a true philosopher king.
Molly: (soliloquy) What’s that I hear? The Steve Lawry I know-good and wise?
(to the group) Tell me, what is it about Steve that makes him a philosopher king?
Norah: Well, he renounced his family privileges and lives in humble solitude.
Sarah: When someone smashed his valuable amphoras and tore his togas off the clothes line he did not waver in his duties to the community.
Virginia: And just the other day, he was heard in the Agora cursing the Board of Trustees for burdening him with this mission. A reluctant ruler is a philosopher king indeed.
Paige: Not only that, but he has devoted himself to a crusade against the carnal excesses of the decadent students. I remember how relieved I was when he put an end to the depraved sale of weak, weak beer at parties and expelled four debauched, reefer-mad individuals who threatened to corrupt our minds and souls.
Molly: You make good points, my young friends. But does he truly live as ascetically as it seems. What do you see over there above yonder rooftops?
Jeanne: Why, it’s the spires of his humble castle.
Molly: Given property values in the city-state of Yellow Springs, how much do you think that castle is worth?
Loftin: That must be worth ten chests full of drachmas, at least.
Molly: And where do you live, young whippersnapper?
Jeanne: I live in the dark moldy hollows of Spalt dungeon.
Molly: That sounds terrible. Does Steve at least keep you well fed? Are you healthy and wholesome?
Norah: Welll, no. We get by on scraps of raspberry pork and crusts of chicken princess. Sometimes I’m forced to spend my dwindling funds on real food, putting me in even deeper debt. In fact, that’s what I’m doing here at Tom’s Agora.
Molly: Debt! Now that sounds ascetic. Tell me, how much debt does Steve Lawry have?
Virginia: Of course he doesn’t have debt. He is justly compensated for his hard work with a thousand drachmas every year.
Molly: And the trials that he endured-who devised them?
Loftin: They were devised by disgruntled students.
Molly: Why were the students disgruntled?
Jessica: In the catacombs of the castle, the magnificent Oracle Luke and his acolyte Foster, heavenly-inspired by holy psychotropic transcendence, were carrying the voice of the truth to the people of the polis. And Steve tried to silence their sacred message.
Molly: Silence the Oracle? Do you think it right, my young rapscallion, for a philosopher king to hide the truth to his people?
Emily: Now that you mention it, O wise Socrates, I believe it is not. A philosopher king should guide his countrymen out of the cave of ignorance and into the benevolent sun of Agathos.
Molly: Then, if a philosopher king shows the truth and your ruler hides the truth, then maybe your ruler is not a real philosopher king?
Sarah: The truth of that is inescapable.
Molly: And Steve claims to be reluctant to rule. Why do you think that is?
Virginia: Well, we can understand that! It’s difficult to be the ruler of Antioch. I certainly wouldn’t want to be in his shoes.
Molly: It sounds like the students are equally reluctant to govern this place. So why do you participate in governing forums? Do you get paid as much as Steve does?
Loftin: Well, no. We feel obligated to help maintain justice for our fellow countrymen.
Jessica: Our inner sense of justice drives us to work for the highest good.
Molly: That seems quite commendable. But you say that Steve denounces the carnal excesses of the students. Is Antioch more debauched than other city-states? It sounds like Antioch students spend their days wallowing in Dionysian orgies and seek only their own pleasure.
Paige: Well, I wish I had time for more Dionysian orgies, but between homework and the work I do for community forum, I don’t have much time for that. My friends in other states have much more time for orgies than I do.
Molly: And what kind of work do you do for community forum?
Virginia: Well, I personally go to every community forum to try to determine what is fair and just for my community.
Molly: Would you say that you’re engaged in a search for truth, then?
Emily: Of course!
Molly: And does Steve ever attend community meeting to participate in that search?
Loftin: Never.
Molly: So would you say that altogether, students spend more time searching for truth and Justice than Steve does?
Sarah: I guess that’s right...
Molly: Now if a true philosopher king is one that seeks truth and justice at the expense of his own privileges who would you say are the true philosophers?
Norah: Holy Board of Trustees, I guess it’s us. And come to think of it, philosophy is the most popular major in the state.
Molly: So who do you really think should be ruling this place? Something to think about my young scallywags.
(everyone looks stunned)