i am referring to a quote. not the book.
2007-01-12 18:14:11 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The quote "Who watches the watchmen" is roughly translated from the latin phrase "“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" "Who will guard the guards?" or "Who shall watch the watchers themselves?" The phrase was originally in "The Republic" by Plato
2007-01-12 18:30:58 · answer #1 · answered by Adrock_420 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who Watches the Watchmen?
01/04/2003. Source: Nest Contributor. Geoff Klock
The title is actually taken from the Juvinal epigraph "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("Who watches the watchmen?"), a phrase that occurs throughout the work in the form of graffiti. The statement contains a kind of a priori destabilization of the assumptions that make superhero comics work:
Who Watches the Watchmen?
Geoff Klock, the author of the insightful 'How to Read Superhero Comics and Why' asks some fascinating literary questions of a genre whose main protagonists wear their underwear on the outside. In this article, he looks at Alan Moore's revolutionary graphic novel, Watchmen.
From Alan Moore’s revisionary superhero narrative Watchmen
2007-01-12 19:22:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Who Watches The Watchmen
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Who Will Watch The Watchers
2016-12-11 09:00:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quis ispos, Quis custodiet.
- Who will watch the watchers
Aristotle? Hippocrates?
Crap! I can't remember!
I used to know that!
Sorry.
(I do know it is an ancient quote, Not Zen whats-his-name.)
2007-01-12 18:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
original quote by Plato
also a song by the flaming inferno/coheed
i believe ian anderson/jethro tull and TSO might have used it too
2007-01-12 18:37:46 · answer #6 · answered by ellay 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that would be zen faulkes
2007-01-12 18:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by lahuretz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋