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Old 06-17-2011, 06:37 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Alan View Post
No one who would say "Plato was better than Socrates" or a similar sentence will know enough about them to distinguish which books are mainly Socrates and which books are mainly Plato. Believe me, just wait a couple of years and you'll find enough people trying to impress you by nameplacing Plato that you'll not only understand my anger, but be in the exact same position of hate.
That reminds me of the Benezet test they give to see if people can tell Shakespeare's work from Edward de Vere(who is suspected of being the real Shakespeare).
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