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« Reply #15 on: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 14:47:47 » |
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If it hadn't been for this thread, I wouldn't have known what a whippet was! For some reason in my head I thought of it as some kind of rat like creature from the medieval times.
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« Reply #16 on: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 15:02:46 » |
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« Reply #17 on: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 15:15:35 » |
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Is that why you live in the Scilly Isles? Makes sense to me. |
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« Reply #18 on: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 15:24:17 » |
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« Reply #19 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 02:20:08 » |
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did they say the magic roundabout was miles away from the CG?
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« Reply #20 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 10:40:58 » |
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If it hadn't been for this thread, I wouldn't have known what a whippet was! For some reason in my head I thought of it as some kind of rat like creature from the medieval times.
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« Reply #21 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 10:42:31 » |
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No, that's just Leeds supporters!
What was the famous quote about life in Medieval England - "Nasty, brutish and short". I think that about does it  |
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« Reply #22 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 13:41:27 » |
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Not medieval england Paul - this would have been post Oliver Cromwell.
Thomas Hobbs was born in Malmesbury and was writing his philosophical book Leviathan in the mid- late 1600's (I think - 20+ years since I studied philosophy).
Nasty Brutish and short (and poor I think) was his commentary on what life was like then for "ordinary" people. I think he was one of the first philosphers to argue thgat there was such a thing as "the state" and that there should be some kind of social contract between the state and the masses.
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« Reply #23 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 15:01:11 » |
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did they say the magic roundabout was miles away from the CG?
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« Reply #24 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 17:46:18 » |
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Not medieval england Paul - this would have been post Oliver Cromwell.
Thomas Hobbs was born in Malmesbury and was writing his philosophical book Leviathan in the mid- late 1600's (I think - 20+ years since I studied philosophy).
Nasty Brutish and short (and poor I think) was his commentary on what life was like then for "ordinary" people. I think he was one of the first philosphers to argue thgat there was such a thing as "the state" and that there should be some kind of social contract between the state and the masses.
Cheers wiggy, must confess, never realised the quote was Hobbes, although in this instance I was more focussed on having a cheap pop at Lids fans than historical accuracy. And yes, you're right about the Hobbesian social contract, I believe. IIRC others had expressed similar ideas before him (some of the concepts date back to classical Greek times) but he was the first to explicitly draw it together as a "social contract" between the state and the individual |
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« Reply #25 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 18:51:14 » |
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What was the famous quote about life in Medieval England - "Nasty, brutish and short". I think that about does it Also sums up Dennis Wise. |
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« Reply #26 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 19:05:51 » |
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This Phil O'Sophy ... striker is he? Any good?
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« Reply #27 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 19:49:51 » |
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This Phil O'Sophy ... striker is he? Any good?
Socrates was a useful player.... |
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« Reply #28 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 19:53:15 » |
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Camus was a decent keeper, by all accounts
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« Reply #29 on: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 20:35:40 » |
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..but Immanuel was a kant
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