I'll stick to discussing beans, then. ;) Mary
- The most important thing you will ever make is a realization. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:moq_discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of X Acto > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 8:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MD] The Truth of Symbol part 1 - Joseph Campbell > (Demanding Evidence part 2) > > Mary, > To be honost, why would gender matter one bit on an intellectual > forum? > > -Ron > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mary <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 6:47:25 PM > Subject: Re: [MD] The Truth of Symbol part 1 - Joseph Campbell > (Demanding Evidence part 2) > > Hello X Acto knife, > > Hmmm. Pythagoreans and neo's? I don't get it. Went to your wiki > link, > which, by the way, one of my son's teachers says they should never use > because you can't trust anything written in Wikipedia. An odd > sentiment I > told him. Why people would go to so much trouble to falsify > pythagoreanism, > for instance, is beyond me, but hey, I just work here. > > The only thing I know about Pythagoras is what I learned in geometry > class, > so I was surprised to learn they had such reverence for BEANS. > Personally, > my favorite meal is beans, cornbread and fried potatoes. This was > handed > down from my southern poor-white-trash parents. My Mother used to pick > cotton every year just so she could get new shoes for school, and her > favorite meal after a hard day of childhood labor was beans, cornbread, > and > fried potatoes. My son, who has never picked cotton in his life, much > less > actually seen a cotton plant, likes the fried potatoes but doesn't like > the > beans. Go figure. Of course the beans are no good without a big ham > hock > added to the pot. That grease really gives those beans great flavor. > > There's a difference of opinion about whether you should serve red > beans or > white. Reds are traditional, but, despite the fact that they are > Yankee > food, I prefer Great Northern beans myself, a connoisseur of red-neck > cuisine. > > The five pointed star thing intrigued me too, especially the fact that > Pythagoreans put two points up and the one down. Here in Texas, the > five > pointed star is a potent symbol of the state and always has the one > point at > the top, thus confirming my belief that Texans have a point on the top > of > their head. > > I especially liked this quote, " Women were given equal opportunity to > study > as Pythagoreans; however, they learned practical domestic skills in > addition > to philosophy.[9] Women were held to be different from men, [I put > emphasis > HERE >] but sometimes in good ways." Snorting Dr. Pepper up my nose! > SOMETIMES? > > Since Marsha is on sabbatical, I guess I am the token woman on the > list. > Try to be nicer, you guys! You don't really want to just sit around > and > talk to yourselves, do you? ;) > > Mary > > - The most important thing you will ever make is a realization. > > > Sorry to butt in, but that makes good sense Mary, in fact it can be > > traced > > to the Pythagoreans and neopythagoreans. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism > > > > > > -Ron > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
