Reading Icaromenippus or The Sky-man | Alexandria
Read Icaromenippus or The Sky-man by Lucian. Soaring past Zeus himself, this icon of ancient satire exposed humanity's laughable attempts to explain the cosmos through philosophy. Lucian's celestial adventure mocks our certainty about life's big questions - suggesting true wisdom comes from acknowledging what we don't know. His irreverent takedown of intellectual arrogance still stings today.