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11-01-2008, 03:54 AM #1Senior Member
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Did Plato meet McCain/Palin?
"Democracy leads to rule by the stupid (sophists), who while they may have fine rhetorical skills (that can exert some control over the masses) have no true knowledge itself." Plato
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11-01-2008, 04:34 AM #2Junior Member
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After watching their campaign over the last couple months I'm pretty sure they are more familiar with Socrates....
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11-01-2008, 05:21 AM #3Super Shaver
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Originally Posted by twelvepbrs
Can you say 'hemlock'?
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11-01-2008, 05:24 AM #4Usagi Yojimbo
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I hope you guys aren't getting c0cky!? You know what they say: "Pride goeth before a fall."
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11-01-2008, 07:26 AM #5Senior Member
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Hmmmm...he might have...I doubt she knows who he was. Some of his quotes are still pertinent today:
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."
"The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions."
"All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue."
Here's one they obviously ignored:
"Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class."
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11-01-2008, 12:16 PM #6Senior Member
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Who is Plato?
Sara Palin's answer- He's that big orange Disney Dog?
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11-01-2008, 12:22 PM #7Senior Member
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In Socrates's mind (as quoted by Plato), one of the worst imaginable sins would be to use rhetoric to deny the truth. If for some reason, Socrates were to meet Sarah Palin, I'm sure he'd have handed the hemlock to her.
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11-01-2008, 02:20 PM #8Senior Member
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Doh!........... Originally Posted by Hutch
Who is Plato?
Sara Palin's answer- He's that big orange Disney Dog?
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11-01-2008, 02:20 PM #9Senior Member
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Or slapped her with the cup.......... Originally Posted by Nord Jim
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11-01-2008, 06:20 PM #10Senior Member
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I'm sure he had Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in mind Originally Posted by Hutch
"Democracy leads to rule by the stupid (sophists), who while they may have fine rhetorical skills (that can exert some control over the masses) have no true knowledge itself." Plato
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