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    sim sim

    Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται
    Krêtes aeì pseûstai
    "Cretans always lie" — One of the earliest logical paradoxes attributed to Epimenides of Knossos known as the Epimenides paradox. As Epimenides is a Cretan himself, it leads to the conclusion that the above statement is not true, hence the paradox.

    Sunday, 16-Apr-17 18:15:06 UTC from social.heldscal.la
    1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

      @sim Do you or have you studied ancient Greek?

      Sunday, 16-Apr-17 19:32:25 UTC from web
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        @awl

        I wish... this is pulled from a website. I felt like posting more stuff that I was reading up.

        Sunday, 16-Apr-17 20:19:21 UTC from social.heldscal.la
        1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

          @sim ah. I barely know how to read it an recognise root words that get borrowed by other languages but that's basically it.

          Sunday, 16-Apr-17 20:31:03 UTC from web
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            @awl

            Yeah, I don't think that I can recognise that yet. But it would be nice to be able to.

            Sunday, 16-Apr-17 20:33:14 UTC from social.heldscal.la