Richard Zach

Of Names

I just had the following interesting exchange with my colleague Jack MacIntosh, in which every question was asked sincerely, and I have every reason to believe that Jack’s statements were true:

RZ: Zeno and Plato were contemporaries, right?
JM: Yes, for a while.
RZ: Did Plato retire before Aristotle began his studies?
JM: About Aristotle, I don’t know.
RZ: But Aristotle was never Plato’s student, right?
JM: No, he wasn’t. But Plato’s favorite historical figure–whom he worked on and gave classes on–was Plotinus.

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  1. Anonymous

    Is there some explanation of the context so that these answers make sense? Is this Jan von Plato you’re talking about? Posted by Kenny Easwaran

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  2. Anonymous

    Zeno Vendler and Plato Mamo are former faculty in the Calgary Department–I think Zeno left for UCLA in the early 70s, and Plato was here till the mid-80s. Aristotle Sarantis was an MA student in the Department in the late 90s. Posted by Richard Zach

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  3. Anonymous

    Clearly we need to recruit a Socrates. Posted by Nicole Wyatt

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