In a message dated 4/19/2004 10:49:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: But they knew there was a strange sergeant philosophy major among them at all times, so I think what happened was different there, in a tiny corner, than in some other parts of the war. And like Socrates, philosophers might acquit themselves nobly in combat--assuming Brecht's account in "Socrates Wounded" is not true. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html