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Hi Daniel,

 

Nice to see the famous words of Heracletus used in the context. By the way i think the English version of Ἡράκλειτος should be Herecletus.

 

Welcome to FPN,

 

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Hi Daniel,

 

Nice to see the famous words of Heracletus used in the context. By the way i think the English version of Ἡράκλειτος should be Herecletus.

 

Welcome to FPN,

 

Nikolaos (A modern Greek FPNer)

Thank you for your welcome Nikolaos :)

 

As a speaker of modern Greek, I believe you would appreciate the image I have in my FPN profile. It was a picture taken when I was at the University of Florida Classics department, and I believe it's actually written in modern Greek, not Attic (or anything otherwise ancient).

 

And I do agree with you; looking at the literal pronunciation of Ἡράκλειτος, it would seem more logical to write it as "Heracletus" in English. I guess the spelling of "Heraclitus" is just habitual :P

-Daniel

 

"Τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει." ~Ἡράκλειτος

 

"No one should be embarrassed to make the inquiries necessary to learn." ~Anon

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You see, once someone mentioned the Trekkie thing, we had to move from Attic Greek to Latin!

 

Ex nihilo, nihil fit.

 

:rolleyes:

Indeed koa, ex nihilo, nihil fit is directly relevant to the topic of Star Trek! Just ask Scotty what he thinks of the mechanics of transporter materialization. :rolleyes:

-Daniel

 

"Τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει." ~Ἡράκλειτος

 

"No one should be embarrassed to make the inquiries necessary to learn." ~Anon

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Ahh, the trials and tribbleations of a few Trekkies chatting in what must look like Klingon to the rest of the forum... :rolleyes:

 

First Ancient Greek, and now this! :P

 

I own a Klingon dictionary. No joke. (And various other Star Trek: TNG memorabilia that is given to me, much to my confusion. I say ONE terribly-pronounced Klingon sentence in seventh grade, and I get Star Trek presents for the rest of my life! xD)

 

Anyway, I officially welcome you to FPN, Daniel. :) I hope you continue to enjoy your experience here!

-irbyls

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I own a Klingon dictionary. No joke. (And various other Star Trek: TNG memorabilia that is given to me, much to my confusion. I say ONE terribly-pronounced Klingon sentence in seventh grade, and I get Star Trek presents for the rest of my life! xD)

 

Anyway, I officially welcome you to FPN, Daniel. :) I hope you continue to enjoy your experience here!

Thanks for the welcome :)

 

Sounds like you must have quite a collection stocked up by now in trekkie goodies. As for me, I mostly have little collectibles here are there mostly from TOS. For example, last year, to fuel my trekkie side and my aptitude for Rubik's cubes, my sister bought a Star Trek: TOS Rubik's cube keychain! She scrambled it before giving it to me, so I was forced to solve it (it was much harder than a typical cube because I had to worry about properly aligning the faces). Here's a visual:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/989989/IMG_0040.jpg

-Daniel

 

"Τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει." ~Ἡράκλειτος

 

"No one should be embarrassed to make the inquiries necessary to learn." ~Anon

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I managed to get Star Trek into a bit of journalism recently:

 

"The Age film writer Jim Schembri can give Star Trek two and half stars, but I'll still see it. I'll ignore all the bad bits of plotting because Star Trek remains one of the greatest paeans to friendship, risk, alienation and ambition."

 

-The Age

 

P.S. I own a pair of Star Trek cufflinks

Damon Young

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OUT NOW: The Art of Reading

 

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Welcome LLAP,

Nice sister you have-great cube!

Thank you for your welcome, p2p and LLAP to you as well :thumbup:

-Daniel

 

"Τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει." ~Ἡράκλειτος

 

"No one should be embarrassed to make the inquiries necessary to learn." ~Anon

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"The Age film writer Jim Schembri can give Star Trek two and half stars, but I'll still see it. I'll ignore all the bad bits of plotting because Star Trek remains one of the greatest paeans to friendship, risk, alienation and ambition."

Very well written and I believe the bit about "...friendship, risk, alienation and ambition" really hits the fundamental nails on their heads! :thumbup:

-Daniel

 

"Τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει." ~Ἡράκλειτος

 

"No one should be embarrassed to make the inquiries necessary to learn." ~Anon

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A belated but sincere welcome to you, Daniel!

 

Very much like the medieval writers I study at work, I admire Greek thought without actually having very much first hand knowledge of it myself. So please keep the sprichwörte coming :thumbup: As much as I love Latin, I have an ambition to learn Attic Greek some day.

 

But be advised - Fountain pens can be an expensive passion to fund on an academic's salary...

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A belated but sincere welcome to you, Daniel!

 

Very much like the medieval writers I study at work, I admire Greek thought without actually having very much first hand knowledge of it myself. So please keep the sprichwörte coming :thumbup: As much as I love Latin, I have an ambition to learn Attic Greek some day.

 

But be advised - Fountain pens can be an expensive passion to fund on an academic's salary...

Thank you for your welcome Inkling; I'll certainly take your advice into consideration as I progress through my studies.

And I will also be sure to keep the sprichwörte coming; I find they're always an interesting way to think about life. :thumbup:

 

Welcome to FPN!

Thank you for you welcome pal :D

-Daniel

 

"Τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει." ~Ἡράκλειτος

 

"No one should be embarrassed to make the inquiries necessary to learn." ~Anon

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Welcome to FPN! My name is also Daniel, I plan on majoring in classical studies, and am in the process of teaching myself ancient Greek presently. I did a double take when i read this post because it sounded just like me! lol :roflmho: Anywho, WELCOME! :W2FPN:

"Vae me, puto concacavi me!" -Seneca

 

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