In article <HCOBB.95Apr01055622@cinder>, hcobb@slip.net wrote:
: In article <3lgjua$7n7@ralph.vnet.net> johnk@vnet.net (JOHN KUNTZE) writes:
: > YOU PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT APATHY MEANS
:
: No, that's alt.religion.ignorance, here we don't CARE what Apathy means.
It's not US who are the apathetic, it's THE GODS who are the apathetic
ones. Haven't you ever read Lucretius? He says that the gods exist
but they are indifferent to our existence. He says the gods are not
to be feared and that everything can be explained by "atomism." In
short, he was the ancient Western world's first and only scientist.
I'm sure that there's a lot of people who are anxious for the gods
to arrive and put on a show for us, but they haven't come yet so,
ipso facto, the gods are apathetic. dot. period.
Well, this is a pleasant by-product of me checking the spelling of
the aforementioned Lucretius in my desk encyclopedia WHOOP!!
STOP THE PRESSES!! Does anyone else have "aggiornamento" in their
dictionary? Damn, I'm gotta remember that word. Might come in
handy some time.
RESTART PRESSES: in my desk encyclopedia, there are the following
three people (or "things") one right after the other:
LUCIAN: (c125-c190 AD) Syrian-Greek satirist. Among his
best know works are _Dialogues_ _of_ _the_ _Gods_,
a parody of mythology; _Dialogues_ _of_ _the_ _Dead_,
a biting satire on human vanities; and _True_ _History_,
a lampoom of fantastic travellers' tales, which influenced
Rabelais and Jonathon Swift.
LUCRETIUS: (c95-55 BC) Roman poet [etc..etc..] last and greatest
exponent of atomism [etc..etc..] was regarded as anti-
religious [etc..etc..]
LUDDITES: [etc..] 19th century movement to destroy machines
I'm gonna have to get those books of Lucian.
....................TEAR.ALONG.THE.DOTTED.LINE.....................
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