Image: Joaquim Vayreda, The Scarecrow (about 1883-1885), National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona · Public domain
A Knaph story
The Story of the Straw Man
How people learned to spot an argument made of straw, from Socrates in a basket to Checkers the dog
423 BCE – today
A comedy that mocked Socrates, a pig and a baboon, a monk's "man of straw", a little spotted dog and a "death panel" that never existed: the long story of how people learned to argue with what others really said.
A Knaph story
The Story of the Straw Man
How people learned to spot an argument made of straw, from Socrates in a basket to Checkers the dog
423 BCE – today
A comedy that mocked Socrates, a pig and a baboon, a monk's "man of straw", a little spotted dog and a "death panel" that never existed: the long story of how people learned to argue with what others really said.