APW: Modern Arrogance (510 hits)
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Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (View user info) at 2006-06-28 16:00:19 EDT
"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants." (Isaac Newton)
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It ceases to amaze the mind
How arrogant we moderns are
Dismissing thought from ancient time
Because we've better seen the stars
And since we've better understood
The workings of the Universe
We'd scorn them to their face, but should
Be grateful that they came but first
We have the nerve to speculate
With every new discovered light
That we, compared to them, are great
That they, compared to us, are slight
We represent ourselves as smart
And take the credit fast as fools
But we contribute for our part
By using what they gave as tools:
Technique
Mathematics
Rationalism
We may live longer,
but we don't live better
We may know more,
but we are not smarter
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Featured in the center: Plato and Aristotle. Plato has his finger towards the sky, Aristotles hand is motion toward the ground. These gestures are not insignificant.
Also portrayed: Zeno, Epicurus, Averroes, Pythagoras, Alcibiades, Xenophon, Aeschines, Parmenides, Socrates, Heraclitus, Diogenes, Euclid, Zoroaster and Ptolemy.
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Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2006-11-17 15:52:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Late +2
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-07-06 17:31:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2006-07-06 17:30:31 (#)
Ranking: 2
You know, "Shitty" Poetry Thursday.
It's how the O-man introduced us & the rest of Uber to his poetry to begin with.
Never lose your roots, O-man.
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+2 for paying attention to the big picture.
I shall name my second child "Coleslaw Murphy."
Submitted by fun_with_needles (user info) at 2006-06-28 23:53:26 EDT (#)
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gay. i kill people for a living
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-28 19:33:24 EDT (#)
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Yes, this is what I like to see.
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2006-06-28 18:34:49 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-06-28 18:25:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-06-28 18:05:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-28 17:08:17 (#)
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+2 for the inspiration for the Use Your Illusion I/II cover.
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Always wondered where that came from
Submitted by The_Yellow_Dart (user info) at 2006-06-28 18:04:30 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by polymorph505 (user info) at 2006-06-28 17:53:25 EDT (#)
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Excellent.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-28 17:08:17 EDT (#)
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+2 for the inspiration for the Use Your Illusion I/II cover.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-06-28 16:59:52 EDT (#)
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I think this post sucks ass but I promised you a couple of +2's and I'm a man of my word.
Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2006-06-28 16:55:36 EDT (#)
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O,
I didn't want the negative feedback for filesize or scrolling.
GO HERE, click on the pic and you can zoom into the detail:
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/r/raphael/4stanze/1segnatu/1/athens.html
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2006-06-28 16:45:56 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-28 16:41:45 EDT (#)
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There's no way keeping this piece small enough to fit here without scrolling can do it justice.
It. Fucking. Rocks.
Submitted by the_lone_stranger (user info) at 2006-06-28 16:25:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I like it.