In a message dated 6/18/2009 5:29:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, palma@xxxxxxxx writes: caro speranza le consiglio di comporre un inno sul tema di "t'adoriam ostia divina" al suo amico grice ---- Lovely. Have you heard of the phrase, odium theologicum? Well, Grice said, 'away with it -- if you hate a philosopher, don't say it -- ignore or laugh at him. "But mind," he added, 'none of that amore theologicus with _me_ either. Even if I _am_ holly, treat me like an intelligent human being only. I'm certainly not the Son of God, let alone born from a virgin womb." Oddly, the beach in Rome is called 'ostia' ("It seems like a proper place to go naked", The Pope commented). J. L. Speranza Buenos Aires, Argentina **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004) ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html