#wait i don’t think i can finish this thought without getting girardian and i don’t have the energy for that. going to bed
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thinks about cato and the theatrical and explodes forever btw
#based purely on vibes he leans way more towards the spectacular than the theatrical#+ preferred to be rather than seem#+ the end of plutarch’s life of cato the younger Does have this tragic (theatrical genre) quality#to me at least. BUT a) in a way that is plato’s phaedo like i don’t know enough about plato to know what That is doing w genre. but i’m sure#there’s Something happening there#b) idk how influential cicero’s comparison of cato and ajax was but. it sure is There#but also you only get that vibe at the point when his death is reaching backwards from the moment of his death#(<- makes sense to Me)#wait i don’t think i can finish this thought without getting girardian and i don’t have the energy for that. going to bed#but know that i’m thinking vaguely about theatre and substitition and sacrifice As Always#porky#beeps
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