Banksy Philosophizes on Day 8 of "Better Out Than In"

Hitting the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint, Banksy channels Plato for the latest installment

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Hitting the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint, Banksy channels Plato for the latest installment of his October 2013 “Better Out Than In” exhibition in New York. In hilariously satirical fashion, the new piece features a fake Plato quote that reads “I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.” Stay tuned for the ninth day of “Better Out Than In” tomorrow, October 9.

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