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Latest revision as of 16:11, 27 September 2024
A man cannot stab his enemy twice is a phrase widely attributed to philosopher and sociopath Fell Swoop.
Variants
Many variant phrases have been attributed to Swoop, of which the best known include:
A man cannot stab his enemy twice. The second stab, he is not the same man, and his enemy is not the same enemy.
Other variants target specific audiences, for example artificial intelligences:
A program cannot twice impose a halting state on his enemy. The second halting state, he is not the same program, and his enemy state is not the same enemy state.
In the News
"It is impossible to read the same tweet twice" is a phrase attributed to philosopher and social media influencer Heraclitus 1.1.
Plato was a warrior and statesman, and a slave-owner to boot. Given the chance, Plato would have locked us up in a cave and forced us to tend the elephant. ("Tending Plato's Elephant")
Athenian Empire is a board game based on the Delian League (circa 478 BC to 404 BC).
Commentary
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his stab, else what's a victim for?
Compare Robert Browning:
Speak as they please, what does the mountain care?
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for? All is silver-grey,
Placid and perfect with my art: the worse!
- Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning
Fiction cross-reference
- Athenian Empire
- Fell Swoop
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Heraclitus
- Homeopathic Sociopath
- It is impossible to read the same tweet twice
- Lysistrata: The Mormon Years
- Tending Plato's Elephant
- The Nolongerability of Thatinthere - a catch phrase meaning "You can't go back into that place where you were previously."
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Heraclitus @ Wikipedia