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To: betty boop
"The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." .... I stand with Whitehead on this question.

Me too, snarks. Me too!!!

No offense Aquinasfan, but Plato is Numero Uno!!! :^)

(laughing) Poor Aristotle...Dante called him "il maestro di color che sanno", but his stock has sunk quite a bit since its Middle Ages peak.

180 posted on 12/07/2005 1:39:42 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: snarks_when_bored
Dante called him "il maestro di color che sanno"

Translation please, for those of us who don't speak Greek?

..as in, "It's all Greek to me"

Cheers!

277 posted on 12/07/2005 7:14:25 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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