[Sca-cooks] Ahhh...

Laura C. Minnick lcm at efn.org
Thu Jun 26 23:46:03 PDT 2003


At 02:33 AM 6/27/03 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Um, no. Actually it has them wondering what the h**l all this has to do 
>with Aristotle. Note that even among the luminaries in that field, 
>neither Zosimus nor Paracelsus are considered famous philosophers. How 
>about Roger Bacon? Albertus Magus? No? Even when you know what a 
>Philosopher's Stone is, it doesn't alter the fact that it is, in 
>itself, a misnomer, having much more to do with alchemy than with 
>ontology.
>
>Adamantius

Dear, darling, Master A. There is but one word for you, and I say it with
the deepest affection:

Pedant.

'Lainie
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