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Fiction

Philosophy Incarnate

Sheldon Currie watches Socrates take on the modern academy.

A reincarnated Socrates showed up needing work to sustain his eating and drinking habits, so he applied for a job teaching philosophy at a modern university.

“Not a lot of students interested in the liberal arts these days,” the Dean said. “But we do have a small group on a course, and yesterday the professor ran off with one of the secretaries. Where did you get your degree?”

“Athens.”

“Can we get a recommendation from your professor?”

“I don’t think so.

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