Philosophy girl

This title reads like an apology video from 2020 – I don’t mean to be so dramatic. All I wanted to say was that I have found an answer to a question I asked myself at the start of the year. I may be a cook. Check out @deipnosophista on Instagram if you dont believe me. this is an answer, perhaps not the answer. I want to have an occupation that deals with people, and a kitchen is distinctly seperate from people. I could very well cook their food, it would make me happy, but this doesnt take into consideration a large part of who I am, namely my interest in speaking to other people. i realised at university that many people dont have this interest…

In other news, I have had some interesting ideas worthy of posting recently, however I have Xenophon, Cato, and Apollo Granus banging at my door waiting to talk to me, so this will have to wait.

I am so obsessed with Cato, he is my hero, every lecture gives me heart-eyes. here are some quotes if you need convincing.

Velleius said ‘he resembled Virtue herself, and in all his acts he revealed a character nearer to that of gods than of men. He never did a right action solely for the sake of seeming to do the right, but because he could not do otherwise. To him that alone seemed reasonable which was likewise just.’

Plutarch said ‘he would drink once after supper and then leave the table; but as time went on he would allow himself to drink very generously, so that he often tarried at his wine till early morning. His friends used to say that the cause of this was his civic and public activities; he was occupied with these all day, and so prevented from literary pursuits, wherefore he would hold intercourse with the philosophers at night and over the cups.

And, in general, Cato thought he ought to take a course directly opposed to the life and practices of the time, feeling that these were bad and in need of great change. For instance, when he saw that a purple which was excessively red and vivid was much in vogue, he himself would wear the dark shade. Again, he would often go out into the streets after breakfast without shoes or tunic. He was not hunting for notoriety by this strange practice, but accustoming himself to be ashamed only of what was really shameful, and to ignore men’s low opinion of other things.’

ok byeeeee