| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Oct 18 03:41PM -0700 On Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 2:34:09 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > these we are not giving the words in their original language. > 1. "The life of man in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, > brutish, and short." thomas hobbes > philosopher who he says said it. We want the philosopher who > was being quoted. The line is: "An unexamined life is not > worth living." socrates > 3. "Cogito, ergo sum." ("I think, therefore I am.") descartes > 4. "God is dead. He remains dead. We killed Him." nietzsche > 5. "Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination." kant > 6. "Life must be understood backwards but it must be lived > forwards." kierkegaard > 7. "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him." voltaire > 8. "I would never die for my beliefs, because I may be wrong." russell > 9. "He who thinks great thoughts is often in great error." heidegger? [saw it on bbc] > 10. "Religion is the sign of the oppressed... it is the opium of > the people." marx > and East St. Louis, Illinois. Many of them are capitals or former > capitals, but some aren't. > 1. In what country would you find Port-au-Prince? haiti > 2. In what 3-word country would you find Port of Spain? trinidad and tobago > 3. What is the capital of Andorra? andorra la vella > 4. Bandar Seri Begawan is on the island of Borneo, in what country? brunei > 5. This city is 50 miles west of Winnipeg and 15 miles south of > Lake Manitoba, and its name alludes to canoe travel. What name? portage la ... something > Canada, you will find a pair of cities with the same 3-word name. > Obviously we're not talking about the Niagara River border. > What is the name of those two cities? sault ste marie > 7. What African country's capital used to be Dar es Salaam? tanzania > 8. What city was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia? rio de janeiro > 9. This 3-word city lies on a 3-word body of water, and has been > the host city for the Winter Olympics. Name it. salt lake city? > 10. Which smallish city in Arizona is known for an imported > 19th-century landmark structure? lake havasu city [london bridge] > Mark Brader, Toronto | "Unfortunately, real life is usually > m...@vex.net | not a movie." --Al Kriman > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
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