Tabula Candida

Doodles of a distracted historian

Philosophers

Posted on July 18, 2021 by tabulacandida

Two Greek philosophers at a symposium.
A: So, what if instead of a king we had like... a smart king!
B: Dude! We are totally disrupting the democracy industry here!
Caption: Philosophers are just ancient tech bros.

Go on, try and tell me “hyperloop” doesn’t sound like something Plato would come up with as a metaphor for the soul.

Spot

Posted on July 11, 2021 by tabulacandida

A person is petting a dog
Person: Who's a good boy?
Dog (thinking): What is a boy? And what does it mean to be good?
Caption: Spotcrates

I know only that I know– TENNIS BALL!

Round

Posted on May 30, 2021 by tabulacandida

Man: Zeno said he can't go the bar because motion is impossible. Heraclitus said he got the last round and he can't go to the same bar twice. And Socrates wants to question what a “round” is and what it means “to pay.”
Bartender: So, the usual?
Man: *Sigh* Yeah, the usual.
Caption: It is a little-known fact that most philosophies started as attempts to avoid having to pay for the next round of drinks.

And Diogenes just pissed on him.

Mob

Posted on January 13, 2021 by tabulacandida

Yeah, yeah, right after the “law and order” party refuses to accept the results of a legitimate election.

Sockrates

Posted on November 15, 2020 by tabulacandida

You can see Plato’s lips moving.