Sponsor |  anb | Oct 25, 2004 12:32pm | Very good question. I was wondering about that myself.
"A stitch in time saves nine." I think that was Ben Franklin. But I am sure he wrote all his down.
How did we mainatin all those that came before they were written down? I guess like many of our stories - the oral tradition, passed from generation to generation.......... |
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Sponsor | | kmkrebs | Oct 25, 2004 12:43pm | Oral tradition/culture has powerful effects on consciousness and thought. Imagine living without writing, or even the idea of being able to write things down. All knowledge is tied to memory, so, as Walter Ong put it, you must "think memorable thoughts."
There's an African proverb that ties into this: "When an old man dies, a library burns down." |
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|  |  125840 | Feb 26, 2005 2:15pm | More to contemplate from todays about me from quess who.. samkinison12345.stumbleupon.com [samkinison12345.stumbleupon.com]
"If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot." -Italian Proverb
"Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time." - Hebrew Proverb
"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it." - English Proverb
"Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself." -African Proverb
"The big thieves hang the little ones." -Czech Proverb
"He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good." -Jewish Proverb |
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Sponsor | | anb | Jul 20, 2005 7:07am | Which makes more sense? Or do both go hand in hand?
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
-- The Bible: Luke VI.31 (circa 75 A.D.)
"What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others."
-- Confucius (circa 500 B.C.) |
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