h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Cheers, R'man. Why 'commodious vicus of recirculation' though? vicus = a settlement outside a fort, I believe.

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Ah. Couldn't resist. It's a quote from the first line of Finnegans Wake. Sub-eds will have none of it, I know.

Thanks for the explanation. I, for one, was completely baffled!

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Well I've removed the Finnegans Wake quote, before the subs could.

I've revamped the whole entry too. A3390554

Great stuff, R'man. It rocks!

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Well thank you Toxxin. Just got the "accepted" stamp. That was my quickest by far.

Told ya it rocks. Congrats, buddy.

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can i join please my name is athur-dent "love is not happiness its heaven" I am part buddist part christian part space scientist part philosopher

The "owner" of the forum has elvised, so it's pretty much a free for all. Consider yourself signed up.

Noggin

Noggin has left the website.

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Black Leopard:

No-one is paranoid, people are just out to get them

Please type in your name and a Philosophical Phrase to join.
Jack Blaze
Videogames are here to stay. There is no hiding under the stairs. Resitance is futile.

Those are 'philosophical' -- in the sense of downcast resignation?

Please type in your name and a Philosophical Phrase to join.
the-kinks-rock
"learning makes a man fit company for himself"

Nice . . . but then maybe so does ignorance?

NO. My Phrase is all one thing. People have been resisting the Gamer Culture. It is here to stay.

I love this one; just found out that it is credited to Yogi Berra:

"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."

How about

"Discussing the shortcomings of language is like filming darkness."

"Der Philosoph behandelt eine Frage; wie eine Krankheit."

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"The philosopher handles a question as he would an illness."--PI 255

A good description of Wittgenstein himself.