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Trace: • Ancient World History: Lucian of Samosata • Avicenna's Psychology • Diogenes of Sinope | Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae Book II.49.a-b • Pancrates
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 This is my blunt way, you see. Socrates of Mopsus, with whom I was acquainted in Egypt, used to put his corrections more delicately, so as not to humiliate the offender. Here are some specimens: This is my blunt way, you see. Socrates of Mopsus, with whom I was acquainted in Egypt, used to put his corrections more delicately, so as not to humiliate the offender. Here are some specimens:
  
-What time do you set out on your travels?--What time? Oh, I see, you thought I started to-day.+What time do you set out on your travels?--What time? Oh, I see, you thought I started today.
  
 The patrimonial income supplies me well enough.--Patrimonial? But your father is not dead? The patrimonial income supplies me well enough.--Patrimonial? But your father is not dead?
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 He would apply the same delicate treatment to people unsound in their Attic. He would apply the same delicate treatment to people unsound in their Attic.
  
-'That's the truth of it,' said some one, 'between you and I.' Ah no, you will have to admit that you and me are wrong there.'+'That's the truth of it,' said someone, 'between you and I.' Ah no, you will have to admit that you and me are wrong there.'
  
 Another person giving a circumstantial account of a local legend said: 'So when she mingled with Heracles--' 'Without Heracles's mingling with her? ' Another person giving a circumstantial account of a local legend said: 'So when she mingled with Heracles--' 'Without Heracles's mingling with her? '
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 'There I quarrel,' said his opponent in an argument. 'it takes two to make a quarrel.'  'There I quarrel,' said his opponent in an argument. 'it takes two to make a quarrel.' 
  
-When some one described his sick servant as undergoing torture, he asked, 'What for? what do they suppose they are going to get out of him?'+When someone described his sick servant as undergoing torture, he asked, 'What for? what do they suppose they are going to get out of him?'
  
-Some one was said to be going ahead in his studies. 'Let me see,' he said; 'it is Plato, I think, who calls that making progress.'+Someone was said to be going ahead in his studies. 'Let me see,' he said; 'it is Plato, I think, who calls that making progress.'
  
 'Will we have a fine day?' 'If God shall.' 'Will we have a fine day?' 'If God shall.'
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 A person who volunteered 'but and if' was commended for his generosity. A person who volunteered 'but and if' was commended for his generosity.
  
-Some one tried him with 'y-pleased'; 'no, no,' said he; 'that is too much of a good thing.'+Someone tried him with 'y-pleased'; 'no, no,' said he; 'that is too much of a good thing.'
  
-'I expect him momently,' some one announced. 'A good phrase,' he said; 'so is "minutely"; we have excellent authority for "daily."'+'I expect him momently,' someone announced. 'A good phrase,' he said; 'so is "minutely"; we have excellent authority for "daily."'
  
 'Look you!' said a man, meaning 'look' 'Yes, what am I to look you at?' 'Look you!' said a man, meaning 'look' 'Yes, what am I to look you at?'
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 He took up a man who said, 'Yes, I can grapple with that,' meaning that he understood, with 'Oh, you are going to throw me, are you? how?' He took up a man who said, 'Yes, I can grapple with that,' meaning that he understood, with 'Oh, you are going to throw me, are you? how?'
  
-'How shrill those fives are!' said some one. 'Oh, come now,' said Socrates; 'seditions and strives, but not drums and fives.'+'How shrill those fives are!' said someone. 'Oh, come now,' said Socrates; 'seditions and strives, but not drums and fives.'
  
 'That man is heavily weighed,' one man observed. 'You are quite right; there is no such word as weighted.'  'That man is heavily weighed,' one man observed. 'You are quite right; there is no such word as weighted.' 
  
-'He has thrived on it,' some one assured him. 'The people among whom he has thrived cannot be very particular.'+'He has thrived on it,' someone assured him. 'The people among whom he has thrived cannot be very particular.'
  
 People were very fond of calling it at-one-ment. 'Yes, all right,' he would say; 'I know what it means.' People were very fond of calling it at-one-ment. 'Yes, all right,' he would say; 'I know what it means.'
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 Mention being made of a black-hen, he supposed that would be the female of the grey-rooster. Mention being made of a black-hen, he supposed that would be the female of the grey-rooster.
  
-Some one said he had been eating sparrowgrass. 'You'll be trying groundsel next,' was his comment.+Someone said he had been eating sparrowgrass. 'You'll be trying groundsel next,' was his comment.
  
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 //Pur// Ah, I didn't see it, again. //Pur// Ah, I didn't see it, again.
  
-//Ly//. By the way, do you know of any one who is on the look in for a wife?+//Ly//. By the way, do you know of anyone who is on the look in for a wife?
  
 //Pur//. What //are// you talking about? //Pur//. What //are// you talking about?
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 //Ly//. Now, can you tell me the difference between 'setting' and 'sitting,' or between 'be seated ' and 'sit'? //Ly//. Now, can you tell me the difference between 'setting' and 'sitting,' or between 'be seated ' and 'sit'?
  
-//Pur//. No; but I have heard you say that 'sit yourself ' is a barbarism.+//Pur//. No; but I have heard you say that 'sit yourself' is a barbarism.
  
 //Ly//. Yes, quite so; but now I tell you that 'be seated ' is not the same as 'sit.' //Ly//. Yes, quite so; but now I tell you that 'be seated ' is not the same as 'sit.'
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 //Pur//. Namely--? //Pur//. Namely--?
  
-//Ly//. The first depends on yourself, the other on some one else.+//Ly//. The first depends on yourself, the other on someone else.
  
 //Pur//. Quite right. //Pur//. Quite right.
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