Professor Edith Hall

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Well, Pythagoras himself left so little. We have actually, almost everything I've said, 80% of it is out of his own works. So this is solid testimony.

Well, Pythagoras himself left so little. We have actually, almost everything I've said, 80% of it is out of his own works. So this is solid testimony.

And I've also been to all of those places where he lived. And I've been to Lesbos, I've been to Assos, I've been to Stagra.

And I've also been to all of those places where he lived. And I've been to Lesbos, I've been to Assos, I've been to Stagra.

Actually, no, it was my 16-year-old daughter who made the movie that you can find on YouTube.

Actually, no, it was my 16-year-old daughter who made the movie that you can find on YouTube.

It's such a read, isn't it?

It's such a read, isn't it?

It's a very good one to start kids off on as well. Great. It's a lot of narrative and description. It's not too full of logistical syllogisms. Yeah.

It's a very good one to start kids off on as well. Great. It's a lot of narrative and description. It's not too full of logistical syllogisms. Yeah.

The one thing that most people have heard about Aristotle was that Monty Python wrote a philosopher's song in which they quoted him. Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day. Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle. Hobbes was fond of his dram. René Descartes was a drunken fart. I drink, therefore I am.

The one thing that most people have heard about Aristotle was that Monty Python wrote a philosopher's song in which they quoted him. Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day. Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle. Hobbes was fond of his dram. René Descartes was a drunken fart. I drink, therefore I am.

That may be the only thing you know about Aristotle, that he was indeed a bugger for the bottle. What I want to tell you, though, is that Monty Python can be completely plagiaristic. The history of Aristotle bottle songs goes all the way back to 1652. I have done this research and there is a tavern song by one John Hilton that was sung in 1652.

That may be the only thing you know about Aristotle, that he was indeed a bugger for the bottle. What I want to tell you, though, is that Monty Python can be completely plagiaristic. The history of Aristotle bottle songs goes all the way back to 1652. I have done this research and there is a tavern song by one John Hilton that was sung in 1652.

So actually, it's a really dodgy moment because, you know, Oliver Cromwell's running the place and spoiling fun. But he says, come away, come away to the tavern, I say. Leave your prittle prattle, fill us a bottle. You're not so wise as Aristotle. Yeah. What you probably don't know either is that Cockney slang for an arse, a back end, is an aris.