Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cat / Plato
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:57:15 +0200
References: <4DA64035.3040104@csdco.com>

He looks fierce! :-)

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Apr 14, 2011, at 2:30 AM, John Nebel wrote:

> http://photos.csd.net/cat_plato.html
> 
> A guard cat, looks harmless, but worse than a German Shepherd as far as 
> UPS and FedEx are concerned.  USPS only gets a growl.
> 
> Plato, in "The Republic", uses the analogy of philosophical dogs; the 
> guardians of the ideal polis will be like philosophical dogs who are 
> friendly to the people they know, but defend against outsiders.  The 
> guardians are meant seriously enough, but perhaps the philosophical dogs 
> are a joke.
> 
> The cat has absorbed too much Plato.
> 
> John
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