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To: Alamo-Girl

This website is short and sweet: Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C.).

2,275 posted on 08/23/2003 1:16:33 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Hic amor, haec patria est.)

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To: PatrickHenry

Thank you for the link! Very interesting indeed!

2,276 posted on 08/23/2003 1:19:56 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl

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To: PatrickHenry

Aristotle not only noted that ships disappear slowly over the horizon, he noticed that they disappeared bottom first-mast last. He also pointed out that mountains disappear (from the ship's crew's viewpoint) base first-peak last.

2,328 posted on 08/23/2003 9:00:57 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)

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