Being Sassy to Socrates
11 min readJan 1, 2024
Socrates is arguably one of the most well-known classical Greek philosophers and has influenced the thoughts of others that followed him, most notably, Plato, one of his most renowned students. Socrates and Plato had many intriguing conversations, and one of the most famous conversations that circulated around the Internet was about a very popular subject:
“One day, Plato asked Socrates What love is. Socrates said: I ask you to go across this rice field, pick up and bring back the biggest and best ear of wheat, but remember one thing, you cannot go back, and you just have one chance.
