Re: Fun with Sophists

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From: tomcatpolka
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:25

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In alt.usage.english Mike Lyle <mike_lyle_uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>> >The cynic and the epicure, of course!  Thanks.
>> 
>> Pity, though, that both terms now mean something quite different from
>> their original meanings.

> We just have to be stoical about that.

Tell it to the Cyrenaics! Of the Cynics, Cyrenaics, Epicureans, and Stoics,
they're the only Hellenic school who didn't become a common word.

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