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Latest comment: 5 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion

Should we add that socrates meme here? It's been blowing up recently and now has a KYM page ~2026-51002-1 (talk) 06:17, 12 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

i know nothing about it... I'm just here, man TheMehAtWiki (talk) 12:21, 26 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

"if it does get added, will the responsible one be the contributor or the suggestion?"

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I dont think we should add it, the meme is popular but it shouldnt have a mention in an article, let alone this one.. Dani Bay (talk) 21:09, 15 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Motivation for abstention from writing

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I have heard the claim repeated that Socrates did not write his thoughts down because he thought writing would "introduce forgetfulness into the soul of those who learn it". I think this would be relevant information to the article, but I am not sure how trustworthy this source is, since the article itself mentions that the reliabilty of many socratic dialogues are up for debate.

I will leave this up to others more familiar with the topic to decide whether or not to include it in the article.

VeryGoodMint (talk) 14:57, 19 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

there is a spelling error but i can't fix it

Latest comment: 17 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

beneath the image of the marble head of socrates, it says "A marble head of Socrates in the Louvre (copy of a lost bronze head by Lysippus)" but it's actually "Lysippos". pls fix it because i cant :( its "semi protected" so im not allowed to. ~2026-49934-21 (talk) 12:14, 15 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Motivation for abstention from writing

there is a spelling error but i can't fix it