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Old 28-Jun-2007, 20:40
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Are we the doxies of the doxa ?
Hope I could rip a promising harvest.
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Vox populi vox Dei?
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Popularis dictio, opinio popularis.
Lupae sunt ?
Thanks Tdol You hit the nail ( vox dei) in the head. Can you share your viewpoint on how one should do with this concept.( doxa)
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When Paris Hilton is number one in the news, then I think we are doxies.
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Paris Hilton , I'm afraid is only the tip ( tit ?) of the iceberg. We might be doxies for deeper reasons.
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Are we the doxies of the doxa ?
Hope I could rip a promising harvest.
Doxy is thought in orthodoxy and heterodoxy so it is a sin.

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Sin is part of the doxa ?
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This in turn makes democracy a sin because it is casual. Minorities are better than Majorities wherever you go.

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is Sin a concept stemming from a majority or from a minority ?
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is Sin a concept stemming from a majority or from a minority ?
Back to sin-gularity: It is a concept applied to singularity by pluraity but a sin committed by plurality.
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