Plato tattoo design

Portrait of Plato - Tattoo by Laz Barath

"A tattoo is a marking made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification." Wikipedia Our son got a tattoo and I love it! It is taken from Raphael's "The school of Athens" and depicts the Greek philosopher Plato and the Greek philosopher Aristotle, a former student of Plato. It includes the Owl of Athens, the Ohm symbol, the Peace sign intertwined with the Greek…

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My first tattoo. Geometric representation of Plato's Allegory of the Cave

Plato's allegory of the cave sketch by joannaboonen

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” With these words, Socrates defended his actions in Plato’s Apology as he was being tried for impiously corrupting the minds of the young.He was found guilty and sentenced to death for sharing his wisdom. #nextluxury #tattooideas #tattoodesigns

Epictetus

9/17 Plato's Cave One can look at the Plato's metaphor for the cave. It's a place of lower human development. A more base form of shelter both physically and intellectually. We escaped the Cave to find the sunlight of enlightenment and philosophy and promptly converted these ideas into building. Now we have a much more expressive, though infinitely more excessive, shelter.