There’s an obvious, albeit slightly mangled, reference to one of the famous Socratic paradoxes in episode six (“Quid Pro Woe”) of the Netflix series, Wednesday. Ms Thornhill, the botany teacher and “dorm mom”, played by Christina Ricci, offers Wednesday Addams a beautiful hardback copy of Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus. This…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.