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8. One of mankind's finest expressions about why humans so desperately seek each other

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:06 PM

Jan 7

Remember seeing this off-Broadway and being wowed and surprised by the lead performance.

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Texas A&M bans teachings of Plato [View all] surfered Jan 7 OP

What is this country coming to - I am so disgusted. n/t iluvtennis Jan 7 #1

Bunch of damn ignorant fools. Dave Bowman Jan 7 #2

Is it? SheltieLover Jan 7 #4

One hopes! niyad Jan 7 #5

Gawd, please tell me it is! SheltieLover Jan 7 #9

Here's a link to an article in Reason on this. Jim__ Jan 7 #16

This song is a recap of Aristophanes' speech in Plato's Symposium: Gaugamela Jan 7 #6

Sadly. No surfered Jan 7 #7

Omfg! They really pride themselves on stupid, don't they? SheltieLover Jan 7 #10

Yup! surfered Jan 7 #14

What is "sadly no" referring to? Gaugamela Jan 7 #15

Probably a response to post 3. niyad Jan 7 #17

Link? Wednesdays Jan 7 #11

here it is - but a small publication TBF Jan 7 #13

My son was in-state & this school was the natural fit TBF Jan 7 #12

and what did they replace Plato with? goebbels? nt Javaman Thursday #18