transgender plato
Spencer Wood
I cannot help but see our dear friend Socrates in the story of The Abbot and the Learned Lady. Magdalia, with her tenacity, sounds just like the old man trying to get a point past the thick skulls of his companions; however, with her offensive tactics, Magdalia ends up embarrassing Antronius rather than enlightening him.
Now, before we go further, I'm no misogynist. But I'm also no feminist. I believe men and women are equal but not identical. As Genesis states, God wanted Adam to have a 'helper fit for him' so he created woman from the rib of man. He didn't use a toe as to have woman trodden over by man, and he didn't use part of the skull for woman to have dominion over him. He used a rib to symbolize the connection of two equal and different hearts at the point of union. If you would like to learn more about feminism and its connection to Plato read my previous post: Socrates: Brother of the Sisterhood. (Oct 2018)
Now the abbot had many opportunities to come to the realization and reformation of his folly, but he decided to use excuses like lazy/disrespectful monks, sexual-societal norms (gender roles), and even personal contentment to appease the determined woman. Even to the point of finding the actual truth, 'it's too hard to be learned,' the woman persisted and gained nothing from the conversation.
I'm not saying that women are not to pursue "enlightenment-evangelism" by fear they will mess things up, nor am I saying that tenacity and persistence are bad things. I am saying that people do not respond well to conversations with an obvious purpose to change a belief. It didn't work that, and it won't work again. Enlightenment must be 1) wanted and 2) personally achieved not forced upon.
cade ezra
I cannot help but see our dear friend Socrates in the story of The Abbot and the Learned Lady. Magdalia, with her tenacity, sounds just like the old man trying to get a point past the thick skulls of his companions; however, with her offensive tactics, Magdalia ends up embarrassing Antronius rather than enlightening him.
Now, before we go further, I'm no misogynist. But I'm also no feminist. I believe men and women are equal but not identical. As Genesis states, God wanted Adam to have a 'helper fit for him' so he created woman from the rib of man. He didn't use a toe as to have woman trodden over by man, and he didn't use part of the skull for woman to have dominion over him. He used a rib to symbolize the connection of two equal and different hearts at the point of union. If you would like to learn more about feminism and its connection to Plato read my previous post: Socrates: Brother of the Sisterhood. (Oct 2018)
Now the abbot had many opportunities to come to the realization and reformation of his folly, but he decided to use excuses like lazy/disrespectful monks, sexual-societal norms (gender roles), and even personal contentment to appease the determined woman. Even to the point of finding the actual truth, 'it's too hard to be learned,' the woman persisted and gained nothing from the conversation.
I'm not saying that women are not to pursue "enlightenment-evangelism" by fear they will mess things up, nor am I saying that tenacity and persistence are bad things. I am saying that people do not respond well to conversations with an obvious purpose to change a belief. It didn't work that, and it won't work again. Enlightenment must be 1) wanted and 2) personally achieved not forced upon.
cade ezra
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