“If you were to construct a baseball lineup of the western world’s foundational thinkers, Plato would almost certainly bat cleanup”
Arts & Letters Daily • 2/4/2026
Summary
Plato is suggested to be a key figure in a hypothetical baseball lineup of foundational thinkers from the western world, likely batting cleanup.
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