The Clouds
Aristophanes put Socrates on stage as a ridiculous figure — head in the clouds, teaching young men to argue their way out of paying debts.
“Socrates: I walk on air and look down on the sun.”
Why It Matters
Aristophanes put Socrates on stage as a ridiculous figure — head in the clouds, teaching young men to argue their way out of paying debts. The play is the earliest comic portrait of an intellectual, and it shaped how Athens saw Socrates enough that Plato felt the need to respond. It is also genuinely funny about the gap between philosophy and common sense.
The 
Take
Personal reviewAfter reading Plato, this is exactly what the doctor ordered. Finally someone shits on Socrates and parodies the whole “philosophy scene”. The arguments were spot on. Also makes sense that 20 years later, everyone wanted to kill Socrates. That scene seemed real annoying
Notable Quotes
“Wrong will be right and right will be wrong if you learn to argue properly.”