[rollei_list] Re: Veterans' Day/Armistice Day/Remembrance Day
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:25:59 -0800
One man's opinion is that Plato "may" not be the source. Who knows.
Many things were not written down others said many times.
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they
have to say something." -- Plato
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Robert Meier <robertmeier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Marc,
>
> While Plato does seem to be disqualified, that web page says it is fact that
> Santayana used the line in 1924, and MacArthur didn't use it until 1962, so
> you can't attibute it to MacArthur.
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small"
> <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:23 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Veterans' Day/Armistice Day/Remembrance Day
>
>
> At 10:16 PM 11/11/2008, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>>It is generally attributed to Plato but not a foregone conclusion that
>>it is in fact his:
>>
>>http://plato-dialogues.org/faq/faq008.htm
>
> This is most interesting. I am VERY familiar
> with MacArthur's farewell address, having had to
> deliver it in High School oratory when I was a
> member of the NFL (wake up, guys: the National
> Forensic League, not the National Football
> League!) And I have interviewed several guys who
> heard MacArthur deliver the address. MacArthur
> was an ingenious author and quite capable of
> producing a phrase, and I shall henceforth give him credit for the line.
>
> Thanks, Eric!
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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