still laughing after learning there were fitness influencers, lifestyle (look how rich and hot i am) influencers and political commentators in the Greco-Roman world. And that this gave rise to the Sophists, “how to be an influencer” influencers who would charge a fee for advising people on how to be more popular and get elected.
There is no new retardation under the sun. 🌞
just had a weird insight rabbit holing in ancient greek writing style. The Apostle Paul's letters are an insight into what an intelectual giant he was. The letters to different places, different city states and cultural paradigms were written in those rhetoric styles, logic frameworks, and cultural paradigms. No where is this more evident than in the comparison between Romans and Ephesians. One being written in a legal structured, point by point "therefore" logic, and the other being writen in Greek Parataxis, "and, and, and, compounding greek logic style. Each letter was written in a culturally relevant way, using cultural references and thinking those cultures would understand. Which adds weight to his statement, "i have become all things to all men, that by all means, i may save some."
