Featherless biped
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| + | A '''featherless biped''' is Plato's definition for a [[human being]]. | ||
| - | # A [[human being]]. | + | When Plato gave Socrates' [[Human self-reflection#Classical antiquity|definition of man]] as "featherless bipeds" and was much praised for the definition, Diogenes plucked a [[chicken]] and brought it into Plato's [[Platonic Academy|Academy]], saying, "Behold! I've brought you a man." After this incident, "with broad flat [[Nail (anatomy)|nails]]" was added to Plato's definition. |
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A featherless biped is Plato's definition for a human being.
When Plato gave Socrates' definition of man as "featherless bipeds" and was much praised for the definition, Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato's Academy, saying, "Behold! I've brought you a man." After this incident, "with broad flat nails" was added to Plato's definition.
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- Used throughout the history of western philosophy as an example of an unsatisfactory definition.
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Etymology
Proposed by Plato (427-347 BCE) in his dialogue Statesman.
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