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7/10/2025, 1:25:50 PM
>>17829653
>and the play is dedicated to much more than just pederasty
No, the entire dialogue is about the comparison of heterosexuality and pederasty, concluding that pederasty is superior.
>>17829708
>the only mention he really gives to it is an offhand remark about pederasty during a discussion of the Spartans
Xenophon mentions pederasty in Hieron, Anabasis, Cyropaedia, Agesilaus, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians, Memorabilia, and Symposium.
>to say he was for or against anything is something we simply do not know about the man
He makes a supportive comment regarding pederasty in his Constitution of the Lacedaemonians, by claiming that cities which allow men to have sexual relations with boys do not produce boys who are lacking in virtue, contrary to the Spartan belief.
>we know they were anti-homosexual
No they weren't, there are plenty of both pederast homosexuals and adult-homosexuals that were respected in Greek society, nobody cared about it.
>>17829759
>Aristotle
He's condemning sexual passivity, he uses a pederastic relationship in the same book as an example to highlight a positive aspect of friendships, which would be bizarre if he had just likened the practice to cannibalism. Also, this is just one philosopher's opinion, which is not at all representative of consensus.
>>17829721
>I think you are arguing in good faith though
He isn't, he is a genuine schizo boomer who believes there is a conspiracy involving the 4chan moderation team to promote homosexual pedophilia on /his/ through revisionist history, and that it's his duty as a Christcuck to refute anyone claiming that the Greeks practiced pederasty to foil this conspiracy. No, I am not kidding, he has admitted that these are his genuine beliefs in other threads.
>and the play is dedicated to much more than just pederasty
No, the entire dialogue is about the comparison of heterosexuality and pederasty, concluding that pederasty is superior.
>>17829708
>the only mention he really gives to it is an offhand remark about pederasty during a discussion of the Spartans
Xenophon mentions pederasty in Hieron, Anabasis, Cyropaedia, Agesilaus, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians, Memorabilia, and Symposium.
>to say he was for or against anything is something we simply do not know about the man
He makes a supportive comment regarding pederasty in his Constitution of the Lacedaemonians, by claiming that cities which allow men to have sexual relations with boys do not produce boys who are lacking in virtue, contrary to the Spartan belief.
>we know they were anti-homosexual
No they weren't, there are plenty of both pederast homosexuals and adult-homosexuals that were respected in Greek society, nobody cared about it.
>>17829759
>Aristotle
He's condemning sexual passivity, he uses a pederastic relationship in the same book as an example to highlight a positive aspect of friendships, which would be bizarre if he had just likened the practice to cannibalism. Also, this is just one philosopher's opinion, which is not at all representative of consensus.
>>17829721
>I think you are arguing in good faith though
He isn't, he is a genuine schizo boomer who believes there is a conspiracy involving the 4chan moderation team to promote homosexual pedophilia on /his/ through revisionist history, and that it's his duty as a Christcuck to refute anyone claiming that the Greeks practiced pederasty to foil this conspiracy. No, I am not kidding, he has admitted that these are his genuine beliefs in other threads.
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