There are merchants records and other civil documents from 1,200 years before Plato. In fact the oldest known letter of complaint dates from 1,750BC.
So I disagree.
whileloop@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In the time of Plato, only the most educated could read and write. So if you could do both, I think your odds of being remembered had almost as much to do with writing good quality as it did with being lucky enough for your writing to survive centuries.
As for us…it will happen but only very rarely.
There are merchants records and other civil documents from 1,200 years before Plato. In fact the oldest known letter of complaint dates from 1,750BC.
So I disagree.
what’s it that you disagree with?
The comment I replied to.
i know, but what specifically in that comment?
There was oral history too though.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
That’s such a good point I’ve never really thought about. 🤔
whileloop@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hey, that makes you a sorcerer, just in the wrong century.