After Plato defined a human as a "featherless biped," Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into the Academy. "Behold," he said, "a human!"
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Featherless
/ˈfɛðələs/
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A man is a featherless biped.
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Man is a featherless biped.
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There's a famous story that Plato defined a human as a featherless biped. In response, another philosopher, Diogenes, plucked all the feathers off a chicken and sarcastically declared it a man, proving Plato wrong.
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