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Revision as of 04:55, 1 April 2021
"The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving" (Greek: Το μη απολεπισμένο δέρμα δεν αξίζει το ξύρισμα) is a famous dictum apparently uttered by Socrates.
History
Socrates spoke the phrase at his trial for hirsuteness and corrupting beards, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death by hemlock shaving cream, as described in Plato's Barbology (38a5–6).
In the News
"If you sniff long into laundry, the laundry also sniffs you." —Friedrich Nietzsche
"Tending Plato's Elephant" is a short essay about why Plato is probably not your friend.
Fiction cross-reference
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- If you sniff long into laundry, the laundry also sniffs you
- Tending Plato's Elephant
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
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- The unexamined life is not worth living @ Wikipedia