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Recursion

(56,582 posts) Fri Nov 28, 2014, 10:49 AM Nov 2014

The real greatest generation

Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, and Lao-Tzu were, at least possibly, all alive at the same time, in the 5th century BC.

That is a pretty ****ing amazing group of contemporaries.

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The real greatest generation (Original Post) Recursion Nov 2014 OP

You're wecome for the info! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #1

Thank you! (nt) Recursion Nov 2014 #3

Socrates was mentioned a lot in the History of Mathematics book JonLP24 Nov 2014 #2

Why? MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #4

Jaynes suggests a physical change in the human brain, the end of bicameralism Recursion Nov 2014 #5

Odin2005

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1. You're wecome for the info!

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Fri Nov 28, 2014, 10:54 AM

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Recursion

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3. Thank you! (nt)

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Fri Nov 28, 2014, 10:57 AM

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JonLP24

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2. Socrates was mentioned a lot in the History of Mathematics book

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Fri Nov 28, 2014, 10:55 AM

Nov 2014

Unfortunately I don't have it with me so I can't share his wisdom or go based on memory.

Plato also was too and had some wisdom I wish I could share as well and I think he was alive during the same time Socrates was.

Actual Socrates quote "The understanding of mathematics is necessary for a sound grasp of ethics.".

MannyGoldstein

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4. Why?

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Fri Nov 28, 2014, 12:10 PM

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Seems to me that there must have been some underlying something that caused this flourishing of thought.

Recursion

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5. Jaynes suggests a physical change in the human brain, the end of bicameralism