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Mary Renault Book Discussion
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: injest on January 13, 2007, 02:28:08 am ---well the next chapter is 28 pages long!! so everyone kick off your shoes and loosen your belts...we gonna be here a while...
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People will be putting their Christmas trees back up by the time you all finish discussing that chapter.
Hunker down.
David In Indy:
I need to get my ass to bed Jess. I'll talk to ya tomorrow! :)
Sweet dreams.
injest:
night night!
Kerry:
--- Quote from: injest on January 12, 2007, 07:23:15 pm ---MR put a lot of wisdom in the words she gave Socrates...how much of it was actual quotes from the real Socrates and how much she made up I don't know. (It is my understanding that Socrates left no written records of his teachings and the only things we know of him are from the writings of contempories including Plato)
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:laugh: I am literally bent over, wailing with laughter here :laugh: What do you two do for a living? You're a couple of comedy writers, aren't you? You are both lightning fast! Boom-boom! :o I am left floundering in your superior wake! :(
Here's a couple of interesting quotes under "Socrates" from the "Oxford Classical Dictionary" (Oxford University Press). It's a loooong entry. These stood out for me personally:
"No one is wiser than Socrates" - the Delphic Oracle (i.e., the God Apollo, speaking through the Pythian priestess)
"He was remarkable for his unflinching courage, both moral and physical, and his strong sense of duty. Together with this went an extremely genial and kind temperament and a keen sense of humour, while he was obviously a man of the greatest intellectual ability."
"He had no set of positive doctrines to teach. None the less his influence on subsequent thought was undoubtedly very great."
"He may be regarded as the inspiration for the development , not only of moral philosophy, but also of logic."
Gasp! Impressive, indeed!
Kerry:
--- Quote from: injest on January 12, 2007, 07:23:15 pm ---sometimes it is not so much what everyone thinks that is important...sometimes for our own souls we have to do as WE think is important...
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Beautifully expressed, Jess. :)
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