Adult men and outsticking (T-/Polo-/Man's-)shirts - a classic controversial point?

[Harp]

Never forget, Socrates wore an old bedsheet.

And cloaked by Plato in his Apology, which fails to cite Critias.

 

[hatsRme]

Never forget, Socrates wore an old bedsheet.

Now that's comfortable! Also cutting edge fashion for the day?

Unless we're talking about a 75 thread count...

 

[LizzieMaine]

And it had real staying power -- just ask Gandhi, one of the most prominent leaders/teachers of the Era!

 

[Trenchfriend]

Ok, I'm not a preppy, because, you can certainly always overstate it and I really don't like fashion-victims or such trends, probably invented by fashion-industry. But I'm more near to it, than to the opposite, means Big Lebowski.

But, I would never wear lemon-, mint- or rose-coloured trousers, I tell you.

 

[Zombie_61]

I'm a life-long "jeans and tee shirt" kind of guy. The last time I tucked any of my shirts into my pants was also the last time I wore one of my suits, and that was July of 2011. If that makes me a slob, so be it; I'm too old to care about what other people think about the way I dress. And I wouldn't be caught dead in a Polo shirt.

 

[philosophygirl78]

Never forget, Socrates wore an old bedsheet.

And sometimes he didn't... HAH!

 

[philosophygirl78]

I'm not convinced that achieving the goals listed above require "comfort." If comfort was an overriding determinant of great teachers, wouldn't all schools of higher learning require pajamas, sweatpants, nudity, or other more extreme comfort wear. But, in the spirit of open-mindedness, I'm listening!

Clothes are a tool. So are Hats. So are Books. Comfort is found in understanding. vis a vis Open-mindedness.

 

[philosophygirl78]

And cloaked by Plato in his Apology, which fails to cite Critias.

Corruption, as offered by Plato's apology is nothing more than an exaggeration of what we now know as the practice of science.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Clothes are a tool. So are Hats. So are Books. Comfort is found in understanding. vis a vis Open-mindedness.

Theodor W. Adorno's lessons, all present fully nude, in Frankfurt!

 

[philosophygirl78]

Theodor W. Adorno's lessons, all present fully nude, in Frankfurt!

HAH! Yes, the statues... His 'Theory of Half Education' looks like a darling read. I will look into it an maybe post a thread on it. He resembles one of my favorite philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard: "Most Men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it"

 

[MisterCairo]

Mind blowing time:

I'm comfortable in (among other types of attire) suits and uniforms.

 

[Harp]

Corruption, as offered by Plato's apology is nothing more than an exaggeration of what we now know as the practice of science.

A quest to answer the nature of knowledge and being so twisted by Socratic negativism to denigrate democracy
and the common man are chronicled in the Xenophontic and Platonic dialogues through a prism filter of recurrent theme
within dialectic that ultimately abdicated morality and its attendant responsibility. A foolish gadfly who remained strangely silent
during the Athens terror wrought by former pupils; a probable loss of self respect that sought the hemlock; hardly the chalice
of heroism portrayed by Plato.

 

[philosophygirl78]

A quest to answer the nature of knowledge and being so twisted by Socratic negativism to denigrate democracy
and the common man are chronicled in the Xenophontic and Platonic dialogues through a prism filter of recurrent theme
within dialectic that ultimately abdicated morality and its attendant responsibility. A foolish gadfly who remained strangely silent
during the Athens terror wrought by former pupils; a probable loss of self respect that sought the hemlock; hardly the chalice
of heroism portrayed by Plato.

Abdication has long since been a downfall for any intelligent evolution of mankind. I wonder what we abdicated for the creation of Profit? Hmmm...

 

[hatsRme]

Clothes are a tool. So are Hats. So are Books. Comfort is found in understanding. vis a vis Open-mindedness.

I'm comfortable with that...

 

[Edward]

I'm not convinced that achieving the goals listed above require "comfort." If comfort was an overriding determinant of great teachers, wouldn't all schools of higher learning require pajamas, sweatpants, nudity, or other more extreme comfort wear. But, in the spirit of open-mindedness, I'm listening!

Certainly, my experience of higher education (I've been teaching law for seventeen years come February) has been that however casually students may choose to dress, they have little respect for lecturers who make no real effort. When it comes to those few academics who dress uber-casual to show how down with the kids they are, it's more like rank contempt. I tend to find people teach better when they're comfortable in how they dress, but 'comfortable dress' will vary with the individual. I've never felt so good in front of a class as when I was in black lounge last week.

 

[Trenchfriend]

I think, the point is, that your clothes just have to match with your mind. It seems to be senseless, to dress, like beeing an other person.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

intelligent evolution of mankind.

Isn't that a contradiction in terms. ?

 

[HudsonHawk]

Certainly, my experience of higher education (I've been teaching law for seventeen years come February) has been that however casually students may choose to dress, they have little respect for lecturers who make no real effort. When it comes to those few academics who dress uber-casual to show how down with the kids they are, it's more like rank contempt. I tend to find people teach better when they're comfortable in how they dress, but 'comfortable dress' will vary with the individual. I've never felt so good in front of a class as when I was in black lounge last week.

Comfort is about familiarity. Most of us here would be more "comfortable" in a coat and tie than in gangster attire with our drawers hanging out, despite perhaps the latter being less restrictive in the crotch region. And I agree with your comments about the lack of respect for an educator who appears to not even try.

On a side note, Einstein often wore suits. Just imagine how creative he'd have been in pink bunny slippers and an oversized "Frankie Goes To Hollywood" t-shirt.

 

[philosophygirl78]

Comfort is about familiarity. Most of us here would be more "comfortable" in a coat and tie than in gangster attire with our drawers hanging out, despite perhaps the latter being less restrictive in the crotch region. And I agree with your comments about the lack of respect for an educator who appears to not even try.

On a side note, Einstein often wore suits. Just imagine how creative he'd have been in pink bunny slippers and an oversized "Frankie Goes To Hollywood" t-shirt.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Einstein often wore suits, Just imagine how creative he'd have been in pink bunny slippers and an oversized "Frankie Goes To Hollywood" t-shirt.

The T- shirt may have been a little too close to the edge