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Positivism Comes And Goes

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Posted by Mikey Pearson on July 31, 2003 02:14:48 UTC

http://ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext95/rubai10.txt
"Omar Khayyam also came to the Vizier to claim his share; but not to
ask for title or office. 'The greatest boon you can confer on me,' he
said, 'is to let me live in a corner under the shadow of your fortune,
to spread wide the advantages of Science, and pray for your long life
and prosperity.'

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How is Omar being positivistic? - yanniru - July 31, 2003 - 11:55 UTC
- How about a trade on this one? - sillyuniverse - July 31, 2003 - 18:05 UTC
  - I like your frost heave analogy - yanniru - August 1, 2003 - 02:03 UTC
    - you have stated I am outclassed here, not a scientist, etc. - sillyuniverse - August 1, 2003 - 02:20 UTC
      - Omar believed in science - yanniru - August 1, 2003 - 11:30 UTC
        
        I believe the dictionary's definitions ahead of Yanniru's - sillyuniverse - August 1, 2003 - 16:12 UTC
        
        Almost everything Ruquist said in that article was false - sillyuniverse - August 1, 2003 - 16:15 UTC
        
        More slander and lies from Mike Pearson - yanniru - August 1, 2003 - 16:45 UTC
        
        Mike Pearson told the truth; Ruquist did not - quiet - August 1, 2003 - 16:47 UTC

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