6.0683 Rs: E C Prophet; Library Quotes; Step-mothers (3/69)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 28 Apr 1993 18:30:30 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0683. Wednesday, 28 Apr 1993.
(1) Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 17:29:12 EST (12 lines)
From: bsha@mace.cc.purdue.edu (becky)
Subject: Elizabeth Clare Prophet
(2) Date: 22 Apr 1993 14:03:56 -0700 (PDT) (45 lines)
From: Mary Whisner <whisner@u.washington.edu>
Subject: RE: Sources of library quotations
(3) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 22:20:24 +0100 (12 lines)
From: Don Fowler <dpf@vax.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: 6.0671 Qs: literature;
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 17:29:12 EST
From: bsha@mace.cc.purdue.edu (becky)
Subject: Elizabeth Clare Prophet
This is directed to the person who has been recently looking for
information regarding the religious organization led by Elizabeth
Clare Prophet: This afternoon, while taking a break from Mary
Wollstonecraft, I saw a segment on Prophet on the program "Inside
Edition" (today is April 22). I hope this helps,
Rebecca Shapiro
bsha@mace.cc.purdue.edu
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Date: 22 Apr 1993 14:03:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mary Whisner <whisner@u.washington.edu>
Subject: RE: Sources of library quotations
"Plato gives us the legend of the Egyptian god Theuth, giver of
marvelous inventions. Theuth invented geometry and astronomy, games and
dice, but his greatest invention was writing. The king of the Egyptians,
Thamus, admired many of the gifts of Theuth, but he did not approve of
writing, and refused to teach the art to his subjects.
[block quotation:] [']If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in
their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that
which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within
themselves, but by means of external marks. What you have discovered is a
recipe not for memory, but for reminder. And it is no true wisdom that
you offer your disciples, but only its semblance, for by telling them of
many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much,
while for the most part they know nothing, and as men filled, not with
wisdom, but with the conceit of wisdom, they will be a burden to their
fellows.' "
Daniel P. Dabney, The Curse of Thamus: An Analysis of Full-Text Legal
Document Retrieval, 78 Law Library Journal 5-6 (1986) (quoting Plato,
Phaedrus 275a-b)
Mary Whisner, Head of Reference Telephone: (206) 543-6794
Gallagher Law Library FAX: (206) 685-2165
University of Washington Internet: whisner@u.washington.edu
1100 NE Campus Pkwy, JB-20
Seattle, WA 98105
On 21 Apr 1993, Mike H. Zimmerman wrote:
> I am looking for a quotation from either Ancient Eqypt or China. It deals
> with lamenting the onset of written language, saying how it will destroy
> memory and thinking. As it reads it appears like a modern comdemnation of
> today's technology. I saw it once and I did not write it down. I've been
> through the quotation "standards" but have had no luck. Any ideas, Stumpers?
>
>
>
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 22:20:24 +0100
From: Don Fowler <dpf@vax.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: 6.0671 Qs: literature; historical geography; e-bible (6/105)
On stepmothers: Patricia Watson at the University of Sydney has a book
on the step-mother in antiquity due out soon, and has done a great deal of
research on the subject more widely. No email address, but snailmail at Dept.
of Latin, Sydney University, NSW 2006, Australia, fax (0)2 692 4889, tel. 692
2564 / 2555.
On writing and memory: not Egypt or China, but Plato Phaedrus 275a.
Don Fowler, Jesus College, Oxford.