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“O would that the female sex were nowhere to be found — but in my lap!”

-- Euripedes

Ah, ancient wisdom! Of course, they also thought highly of slavery. So, you have to pick and choose, as with all philosophies and religions and sins, what you want to live by and die by and swoon by.

Date: 2010-11-15 07:30 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] miss-next.livejournal.com
He'd have had an awfully full lap. Indeed, he'd have been quite squashed.

These ancient philosophers didn't always take the time to think everything through. :-)

Date: 2010-11-15 01:55 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] hardblue.livejournal.com
It does sound like he was in one of those moods,
howling at the moon - more creative writer than philosopher. :D

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