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Originally Posted by dean,Nov 16 2005, 01:40 PM
Let's not forget the flip side of that coin though - Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Hippocrates, Democritus, and all those other guys that liked to dress up in sheets. 
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Originally Posted by Legal Bill,Nov 16 2005, 03:28 PM
That was before they had so many people that they needed last names.
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Originally Posted by dean,Nov 16 2005, 08:19 PM
True, but we still know who they are today despite the fact that they had no surnames.
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Originally Posted by matt_inva,Nov 16 2005, 08:40 PM
Well, that just might be because the people that you mentioned are a lot closer to "original thinkers" than anyone mentioned known by one name today.
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I have little tolerance for ANYONE who speaks in the absolutes that "Dr. Phil" uses. Unfortunately he's learned to enterprise on the fact that if one speaks with authority, then he is believed.
