ancient philosophy was framed by prodigies aristotle plato and socrates and even though their thoughts were deemed the aristocratic voice they also had a thing for little boys catherine the great so it s been said needed large animals to be fulfilled in bed from historic rulers to the ancient greeks we re standing on the shoulders of freaks isn t life pretty ernest hemingway once said and then he put a bullet through his head salvador dali s surreal paintings were godsent you d never know he ate his own excrement then there s da vinci for whom it required dressing in women s underwear to be inspired from the great romantics to the ancient greeks we re standing on the shoulders of freaks truman capote needless to say would be intoxicated 20 hours a day from the modern authors to the ancient greeks we re standing on the shoulders of freaks we re standing on the shoulders of freaks