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bluesbassman

(19,369 posts) Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:36 PM Jun 2014

Let me put it this way: Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?

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Let me put it this way: Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? (Original Post) bluesbassman Jun 2014 OP

My dear bluesbassman! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2014 #1

Yes, very influential. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #2

OK, I'll check in from time to time...;) CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2014 #4

Psst... LWolf Jun 2014 #5

Inconceivable. nt LWolf Jun 2014 #3

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #7

I just want you to feel you're doing well. LWolf Jun 2014 #21

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. Aristus Jun 2014 #6

Wait till I get going! Now, where was I? bluesbassman Jun 2014 #8

It's Greek to me. kwassa Jun 2014 #9

A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed... malthaussen Jun 2014 #10

double play combo for the Cubs back in 1906 or something like that? rurallib Jun 2014 #11

Naw, that was Tinker and Evers, not Thinker and Evers... n/t malthaussen Jun 2014 #12

Who are those? nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #13

Rare bit of free time, channel surfing and ran across the Princess Bride. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #14

Weren't they the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? femmocrat Jun 2014 #15

No, they were Picaso, Rembrandt, Dali, and Warhol. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #16

It's under "so-crates" cyberswede Jun 2014 #17

Vezzini! stevenleser Jun 2014 #18

Plato was that there Disney dog or whistler162 Jun 2014 #19

Toga! Toga! Toga! Boom Sound 416 Jun 2014 #20

The other brothers were Marlon, Jermaine, and, of course, Michael. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #22

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,580 posts)

1. My dear bluesbassman!

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:42 PM

Jun 2014

I certainly have!

And, many many years ago, I even read their works and studied these philosophers.

I don't remember much of what I did read and study, but I am sure their influence lives inside me even now.

What brought this on?

bluesbassman

(19,369 posts)

2. Yes, very influential.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:45 PM

Jun 2014

Stick around, it'll become clear in due time.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,580 posts)

4. OK, I'll check in from time to time...;)

Reply to bluesbassman (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:46 PM

Jun 2014

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

5. Psst...

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:48 PM

Jun 2014

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

3. Inconceivable. nt

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:46 PM

Jun 2014

bluesbassman

(19,369 posts)

7. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Reply to LWolf (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:52 PM

Jun 2014

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

21. I just want you to feel you're doing well.

Reply to bluesbassman (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 09:49 AM

Jun 2014

Aristus

(66,310 posts)

6. Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:51 PM

Jun 2014

bluesbassman

(19,369 posts)

8. Wait till I get going! Now, where was I?

Reply to Aristus (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 09:01 PM

Jun 2014

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

9. It's Greek to me.

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 09:14 PM

Jun 2014

Just sayin'.

malthaussen

(17,184 posts)

10. A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed...

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 09:18 PM

Jun 2014

-- Mal

rurallib

(62,406 posts)

11. double play combo for the Cubs back in 1906 or something like that?

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 09:19 PM

Jun 2014

malthaussen

(17,184 posts)

12. Naw, that was Tinker and Evers, not Thinker and Evers... n/t

Reply to rurallib (Reply #11)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 09:22 PM

Jun 2014

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

13. Who are those?

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 10:02 PM

Jun 2014

Weren't all their things burned at Alexandria? (I kid of course)

Now curious, what brought this on?

bluesbassman

(19,369 posts)

14. Rare bit of free time, channel surfing and ran across the Princess Bride.

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #13)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 10:23 PM

Jun 2014

A most quotable film.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

15. Weren't they the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 10:27 PM

Jun 2014

bluesbassman

(19,369 posts)

16. No, they were Picaso, Rembrandt, Dali, and Warhol.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #15)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 11:01 PM

Jun 2014

Really they were: Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello. Cute pic BTW.

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)

17. It's under "so-crates"

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 11:37 PM

Jun 2014

http://vimeo.com/51599306

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

18. Vezzini!

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 12:19 AM

Jun 2014

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

19. Plato was that there Disney dog or

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 08:50 AM

Jun 2014

was it that planet non planet? The other I ain't not got no idea!

Boom Sound 416

(4,185 posts)

20. Toga! Toga! Toga!

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 09:31 AM

Jun 2014

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,831 posts)

22. The other brothers were Marlon, Jermaine, and, of course, Michael.

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:26 AM

Jun 2014

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