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Beau78905 months, 3 weeks ago
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I'm having a hard time finding any reference on the Web that cites where in Plato's works the quote comes from. There are a number of searchable texts, but I've yet to get any result for "hour of play."
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I read the collected dialogues in college too, and though I certainly don't have the thousands of pages memorized, I don't remember anything of the kind.-
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LegalBob5 months, 3 weeks ago
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I can't find any actual works attributed to Plato that contains the quote either as all I remeber is from Philospy class way back when. However, let's put this in the proper perspective. Do you (collectively) believe that Palin actually read ANY of Richard Lindgard's works and derived that quote all on her own and cited Plato? That would be a stretch even for the most avid Palin hater. You know the saying regarding "land in Florida"? :-)
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LegalBob5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Do you believe that she actually read any of Lindgard's works? I mean, after all that's where the quote is supposed to have been "Palinized", right? GimME a break !! She probably got Plato's quote in one of journalism classes much the same as I got it in my Philosophy class. Does it really matter WHERE it came from?
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Beau78905 months, 3 weeks ago
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I agree she probably didn't read Lindgard's works. She probably didn't read Plato's works either. I doubt she remembers anything from her journalism classes either.
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I think she Googled Plato and found the uncited quote and thought it'd make her sound wise to tweet it.
It does matter where it comes from because accepting some anonymous online source without checking is playing fast and loose with facts--that's not very good journalistic practice either, and it's something politicians do all the time. You're criticizing that same kind of sloppiness here.
It'd have been better for her just to have tweeted the unattributed quote, rather than trying to use Plato to lend weight to her wisdom.-
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CajunChamp5 months, 2 weeks ago
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The quote was attributed to Plato. I have quoted the same thing when addressing groups of IT professionals at various seminars. I have no idea where I actually got the quote and really don't care. The impact of the quote, no matter who actually wrote it, has it's desired effect. I have yet to hear someone jump up in the audience bellowing out "hey, Plato never said that" or "you stole that from Lindgard". This scenario is just another in the long line of Palin bashes, simple as that. What if Biden or even Obama would have said it.
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Beau78905 months, 2 weeks ago
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The quote is all over the internet attributed to Plato, but no one says exactly where it comes from. I'd be inclined to accept that it's from Plato until a question came up. But if I'm going to publicly attribute a quote to someone, I'd like to check it out first to avoid embarrassment--especially if I'm in the spotlight and believe the media is out to get me.
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Having said that, I'll admit that this is possibly the least important criticism of Palin I've heard.-
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LegalBob5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Well, I have checked it out extensively and came up with the same results. And OTOH, there isn't anyone that I know of that can definitively state that it is not one of Plato's quotes, even the Lindgard people. However, anything "Palin" will draw attention no matter the triviality.
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