One last Great Thought for Socrates
The Southbank Centre has just launched a website brilliantly parodying the thinly veiled sexism of chattering class culture:
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/great-thinkers
Men 6, Women nil.*
In a spirit of fairness alas denied to any Great Thinking women who may happen to, you know, exist, we would like to point out that women are definitely allowed to attend the sessions, to imbibe the knowledge of Great Men, and, if they can remember even the outline of what was said, to chatter about it with their friends.
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* Note that your A.C. Grayling starter pack comes with a free Rowan Williams sticker. Note too that the only woman on show is specifically there to discuss Socrates. And, though he liked to call himself a midwife, Socrates’ beard is a bit of a giveaway, not to mention that he enjoyed his young boys as much as the next midwife chap.
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This really is a brilliant parody:
AC Grayling is one of Britain’s most popular and widely read philosophers. With The Good Book, he has created a secular bible, which he discusses with Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, at this exclusive event. Together they explore the inspiration, encouragement and consolation which can be sought from a secular or religious life and they also take questions from the audience.
You mean, the Audience.