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[35] According to Diogenes Laërtius, when Plato gave the tongue-in-cheek [36] definition of man as "featherless bipeds", Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato's Academy, saying, "Here is Plato's man" (Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Πλάτωνος ἄνθρωπος), and so the academy added "with broad flat nails" to the ...
Diogenes the Cynic took issue with the former definition, reportedly producing a recently plucked chicken with the exclamation of "Here is Plato’s man!" [79] (variously translated as "Behold, a man!"; "Here is a human!" etc.).
To criticize this definition, Diogenes the Cynic plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato's Academy saying: Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Πλάτωνος ἄνθρωπος. Hoûtós estin o Plátōnos ánthrōpos. "Here is Plato's man." In response, Plato added to his definition: πλατυώνυχον platuṓnukhon "Having broad nails" [14]
Ecce Homo, Caravaggio, 1605. Ecce homo (/ ˈ ɛ k s i ˈ h oʊ m oʊ /, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈettʃe ˈomo], Classical Latin: [ˈɛkkɛ ˈhɔmoː]; "behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John, when he presents a scourged Jesus, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his crucifixion (John 19:5).
A chickenhawk or chicken hawk is slang used in American and British gay culture to denote older males who prefer younger males for partners, who may less often be called "chickens", [1] i.e., the prey of the chickenhawk. [2] Other variations include chicken queen [3] and chicken plucker. [2]
A beloved chicken named Betty White is dead after being tossed into an alligator enclosure by an Australian park guest.. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Peter Smith, who is in his late 50s, pleaded guilty ...
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Lexington man was found shot, dead in a burning car. Suspect faces trial 2 years later. Taylor Six. December 5, 2023 at 7:42 AM. ... where Parker’s name was on the lease, and Russell sometimes ...