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leveymg

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1. Isn't he the guy who invented electricity? Naw, that was an American - Jefferson, I think. ;-)

Reply to coldwaterintheface (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 09:37 AM

Oct 2012

The French Enlightenment doesn't appear until college for most people. Today, Encyclopedie is likely to be recognized only by Windows Spell Check.

You must've had a good education.

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François-Marie d'Arouet AKA Voltaire [View all] coldwaterintheface Oct 2012 OP

Isn't he the guy who invented electricity? Naw, that was an American - Jefferson, I think. ;-) leveymg Oct 2012 #1

This will actually shock most here coldwaterintheface Oct 2012 #2

To misquote Paul McCartney and John Lennon: "And in the end . . ." leveymg Oct 2012 #3

I ran into his stuff mostly in eleventh grade in the nineties. Posteritatis Oct 2012 #4