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Old March 9th 05, 04:37 PM
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Following is a proverb by Plato about astronomy.
Do you know any other proverb/saying about astronomy?

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to
another. "
~ Plato, The Republic. Book VII. 529



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Old March 9th 05, 06:21 PM
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"When you come to read this, somewhere far
And someone not your present aspect (starry
Fondo d'oro icon half made of me),

Will you stop to ask how feelings that border
On light hallucination derived or soared
From what we did and who in fact we were?"


~ Alfred Corn,
From "Notes From a Child of Paradise"


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Old March 10th 05, 10:08 AM
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Following is a proverb by Plato about astronomy.
Do you know any other proverb/saying about astronomy?



"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this

world to
another. "
~ Plato, The Republic. Book VII. 529




"In the dark of the Moon I planted..."

Double-A

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Old March 15th 05, 06:00 PM
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Juang wrote in message
u...
Following is a proverb by Plato about astronomy.
Do you know any other proverb/saying about astronomy?

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world

to
another. "
~ Plato, The Republic. Book VII. 529




Well, Juang, your very own Einstein once said:
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is
comprehensible."

What do you think he meant?

Dr. Why


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Old March 15th 05, 08:55 PM
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Charles D. Bohne wrote:

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:00:44 GMT, "Skyward"
wrote:

Well, Juang, your very own Einstein once said:
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is
comprehensible."

What do you think he meant?

Dr. Why

He who looks into a mirror must not be surprised to see a human face.
C.


Another pearl of wisdom from Chuckweasel the holistic screedmonkey.

--
"a photon can travel faster than light when it is not excited"
"Ions are attracted to IRON"
"The dense ions in the ionosphere are simulating a
much higher gravitational pull to earth."
-- Alexa Cameron demonstrates her 200+ alien-implanted IQ

"I really don't care too much for humans"
"Just think of all the fun watching them from above while they
dance their kooker-step on their burning planet ..."
-- Chuckweasel Bohnehead's delusional non-human self-image
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Old March 16th 05, 02:11 AM
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Skyward wrote:
Juang wrote in message
u...
Following is a proverb by Plato about astronomy.
Do you know any other proverb/saying about astronomy?

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this

world
to
another. "
~ Plato, The Republic. Book VII. 529




Well, Juang, your very own Einstein once said:
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is
comprehensible."

What do you think he meant?

Dr. Why



Einstein was an optimist!

Double-A

 




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