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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (27613)	6/25/2012 7:45:21 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

"probably some of the most formidable intellects of all time comparatively" How true. And there were giants in those days! classics.mit.edu "My recreation, my predilection, my cure, after all Platonism, has always been Thucydides. Thucydides and perhaps Machiavelli's principe are most closely related to me owing to the absolute determination which they show of refusing to deceive themselves and of seeing reason in reality-- not in "rationality," and still less in "morality." There is no more radical cure than Thucydides for the lamentably rose-coloured idealisation of the Greeks... His writings must be carefully studied line by line, and his unuttered thoughts must be read as distinctly as what he actually says. There are few thinkers so rich in unuttered thoughts... Thucydides is the great summing up, the final manifestation of that strong, severe positivism which lay in the instincts of the ancient Hellene. After all, it is courage in the face of reality that distinguishes such natures as Thucydides from Plato: Plato is a coward in the face of reality-- consequently he takes refuge in the ideal: Thucydides is a master of himself-- consequently he is able to master life." Nietzsche

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (27613)	6/25/2012 9:24:20 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

"Mentally, whos to say ...there were men of ancient & classical times that had commited to memory up to 10,000 lines of epic poems of their histories & legends or liturgys that were probably some of the most formidable intellects of all time..." We still formidable Bro. mylifeisbrilliant.com

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (27613)	6/25/2012 11:03:27 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

"Not due to climate change but indescriminant sheep & goat herding taking place over 1000's of yrs ." WHAT ?

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (27613)	6/25/2012 12:22:37 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

This was why the ranchers utterly opposed the introduction of sheep into the Americas. Range wars. You live off the land you know things. No University kids or Sunday School Teachers required!

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (27613)	6/25/2012 6:51:56 PM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Respond to of 69300

Nowadays we can handle sheep. A bit of Science and a bit of thinking. We have the wheel and somebody made a telescope. Life goes on... en.wikipedia.org

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (27613)	6/25/2012 7:04:37 PM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Respond to of 69300

The mites have mouthparts which do not pierce the skin, but are adapted to feeding on the surface, where the mites abrade the stratum corneum. [1] en.wikipedia.org This is the way any god thinks! At least most gods like several kinds of trees. And clouds... The details of bacteria and their gazillion interactions in every square inch keeps Jesus more busy than you can imagine! Hey Solon! You just killed 5 million bacteria when you hit the space key. We could cure that problem--but we love counting and writing it down--and we really LOVE you!! Yabba Dabba Doo!!