Soccer Moms? No, Socrates … Maimonides And Your Monides
March 23, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Floss up on philosophy … put down your Playdough and grab your Plato … for today’s White House news briefing:
Q But, Tony, the idea of minutes goes back to the beginning of Western thought. Plato kept minutes on Socrates. What does Karl Rove have on Socrates? (Laughter.)
TONY SNOW: Plato kept — was that the case, or was it Aristotle who kept notes on Plato?
Q Well, Plato also –
TONY SNOW: Inquiring minds want to know. This is Maimonides. Let’s just start dropping philosophers’ names.
Now we know why Maimonides wrote a Guide for the Perplexed. He meant the White House press corps!
Nick the Greek said,
March 23, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
Oh yeah? — Remember what happened to Socrates.