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Glossary
Plato - One of the most important Ancient Greek philosophers.
Allegory - A story or poem that has a hidden moral or political meaning.
Quasi - Almost but not completely.
Facetune - A photo-editing app
Ethos - The characteristic spirit of a culture.
Artifice - Trickery.
Nietzsche - A 19th-Century German philosopher.
Empedocles - An ancient Greek philosopher who believed that all matter was made of four elements: fire, air, water and earth.
Nathan Dufour Oglesby - An American academic known for his philoso-rapping on TikTok.
Jordan Peterson - A Canadian psychologist and media personality known for his right-wing views.
Socratic dialogues - Conversations between two people in which they are forced to think critically and ask and answer questions.
Pernicious - Harmful.