On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 11:15:14PM -0500, Peter Olson wrote: > > On February 16, 2015 at 8:25 PM Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 07:34:57PM -0500, Peter Olson wrote: > > > > “Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.” > > > ― Edmund Burke > > > > > > Peter Olson > > I think the original quote was by Santayana: > > > > George Santayana. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to > > repeat it. George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 > > September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a philosopher, essayist, poet and > > novelist. > > > > -- hendri > > I'll see your January 12, 1729 (Burke, his birthday) against your 16 December > 1863 (Santanayo) and claim that this is a timeless issue. > > It has always been this way. > > But the consequences of getting it wrong have increased. > > Peter Olson > > P.S.: I picked Edmund Burke because he was the oldest guy I found. Many, many > others say the same thing. Newton said he stood on shoulders of giants. Let's > not stand on their ankles.
Interesting. Thanks. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
