Plato: The Architect of Western Philosophy

Plato: The Architect of Western Philosophy

I use a #KoboTouch (a.k.a. N905C or Touch C or kobo4) since 12 years now.
It's 165 × 114 × 10 [mm] with 185 g.
I never connected it to the #Kobo #bookshop for #privacy reasons. Instead, I just copied the #epub files to it.
I run two #freeSoftware #ereader apps on it: #koreader and #plato. I prefer the former, but many enjoy the latter. The builtin reader isn't entirely bad, but I strongly suggest the other options.
https://github.com/koreader/koreader

An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices - koreader/koreader
Did you know that owning gold or silver was illegal in #Ancient #Sparta ?
Sparta is said to have had only brittle iron bars as currency. These couldn't be used for anything else due to their devalued state, & their heaviness (making them hard to hoard). Other Greek states did not accept them, so they kept Sparta isolated, too.
#Plato saw this as one of the ideals of a perfect state, as a lack of precious metals meant a lack of #greed.
#history
«After a moment’s pause, in which he made a real manly effort to think, he said: […]»
Plato – Dialogues
Not all masculinity is toxic.
"Licht suchen, Schatten verstehen"
Das sollte jeder gesehen haben!
Jeder Einzelne, jedes Mitglied einer Gruppe, eines Gremiums, Rates oder der Politik.
"Platos Höhlengleichnis heute: Leben wir noch in der Illusion?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8It5ImRVrjk

Last month, #ESA engineers installed #PLATO in the Large Space Simulator (#LSS) at the ESA's Test Center. Throughout March, the #satellite will be exposed to the extreme #temperature and #pressure conditions found in space: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/03/Plato_readies_for_space-like_tests
The mission to detect #Earth-like exoplanets or #exo-Earths is scheduled to be finalized by the end of the year. Launch on an #Ariane6 rocket planned for January 2027! 🚀
Le mois dernier, les ingénieurs de l'#ESA ont positionné #PLATO dans le Grand Simulateur Spatial (#LSS) du Centre d'Essais de l'ESA. Tout au long du mois de mars, le #satellite sera soumis aux conditions de #température et de #pression extrêmes régnant dans l'espace : https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/03/Plato_readies_for_space-like_tests
La mission de détection d'#exoplanètes semblables à la Terre ou #exoTerres devra être finalisée d'ici la fin de l'année. Embarquement prévu sur une fusée #Ariane6 dès janvier 2027 ! 🚀
A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence
Like any complex technology, Artificial Intelligence has its roots in a number of fields. From philosophy to computer science, mathematics to linguistics, tracing the history of AI and automation is a difficult business. The field was officially named in the 1950s, but ideas about automated machines have existed since long before then. This is a history of the development of Artificial Intelligence from some of its earliest philosophical and theoretical inceptions through to modern day […]https://leonfurze.com/2023/02/11/a-brief-history-of-artificial-intelligence/
The history of Lotus Notes and the influence of PLATO. A journey through long forgotten software genres and product categories.