That totally sachs.

I am utterly baffled that these lines — "Gather up the gold you’ve found / You fool, it’s only moonlight" — could honestly be read as having anything to do with Plato or epistemology, let alone Platonic epistemology.  I have no problem with pretensiousness — but only if you can back it up.

I am utterly baffled that these lines — "Gather up the gold you’ve found / You fool, it’s only moonlight" — could honestly be read as having anything to do with Plato or epistemology, let alone Platonic epistemology.  I have no problem with pretensiousness — but only if you can back it up.