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    #11
    Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
    As your better half seems to like Socrates maybe you try this premise on her:

    Socrates maintained that the courage of a man was shown in commanding, while that of a woman was shown in obeying.

    Would be obliged for research purposes if you could report back on the success putting this premise into action.
    Bazza gets caught
    Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

    CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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      #12
      TL,

      Thanks for the quote, I only saw it by accident whilst researching Aristotle V Epicurus on leisure. Just wondered if CM would feel as warmly about him given this quote.

      I agree with you about Aristotle though just a shame he was so well thought of by the early church fathers.
      But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger

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        #13
        Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
        TL,

        Thanks for the quote, I only saw it by accident whilst researching Aristotle V Epicurus on leisure. Just wondered if CM would feel as warmly about him given this quote.
        I agree with you about Aristotle though just a shame he was so well thought of by the early church fathers.
        Well, he was a man so you have to take most things he said with a pinch of salt (and a large tequila!!)
        Bazza gets caught
        Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

        CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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          #14
          Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
          Well, he was a man so you have to take most things he said with a pinch of salt (and a large tequila!!)
          WSS +1
          Growing old is mandatory
          Growing up is optional

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            #15
            But girls, it was only a few years back that most women pledged their obediance upon marriage.

            Oh those halycon days..........
            But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger

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              #16
              Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
              But girls, it was only a few years back that most women pledged their obediance upon marriage.

              Oh those halycon days..........
              ..... are long gone
              Bazza gets caught
              Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

              CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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                #17
                Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
                ..... are long gone
                You reckon?

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                  #18
                  Churchill,

                  You're working away, right?
                  But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
                    Churchill,

                    You're working away, right?
                    Yup, she'll have forgotten my bravery/stupidity by Friday...

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
                      But girls, it was only a few years back that most women pledged their obediance upon marriage.

                      Oh those halycon days..........
                      When I got married, the registrar told us that we could choose our own vows. I said "as long as she says 'love, honour and obey', I'm not fussed".

                      Neither she nor my fiancee found it as amusing as I did.
                      If you have to add a , it isn't funny. HTH. LOL.

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