1. Why did the Chicken cross the road?
Chicken Philosophy
Why did the Chicken cross the road? by
Eva Arce

2. Why did the Chicken cross the road?
(Allusion to The Allegory of the Cave)
He crossed to understand the truth, but then he returned to try and lead the flock to reality even though he knew that members of his society would ridicule him and place him at the bottom of their pecking order.
Socrates
image fromThe Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David

3. Why did the Chicken cross the road?
(Allusion to “Crito” fromThe Phaedo)
He crossed for the greater good of his flock!
Plato
image fromThe School of Athens by Raphael

4. Why did the Chicken cross the road?
(Allusion to “The Art of Rhetoric”)
He was clearly persuaded by logos, ethos, and pathos to cross the road.
Aristotle
image fromThe School of Athens by Raphael

5. Cicero Why did the Chicken cross the road?
(Allusion to “Duties of the Individual to the State” from De Officiis)
Those whom nature has endowed with the capacity should put aside all hesitation, enter the race, and cross the road.
Cicero
First Century AD Bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero

6. Why did the Chicken cross the road?
(Allusion to “Chapter XVII” fromThe Prince)
He crossed because the end justifies the mean.
He crossed so that the flock would view him with fear and admiration, as a chicken who has the pluck and grit to cross the road with unquestionable avian valor. In this manner is the princely chicken’s dominion maintained.
Machiavelli
Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli by Santi di Tito