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Yes, it's asparagus (with melted butter).
Owen, I'm glad that you got me off the hook as "accidental quizmaster".

It's your turn now.
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Passing over why this is such a suspiciously short question, if it was anyone but Andre I would question and probe.

My question is of philosophers and may hang around unloved for that reason.

Who was the author of the book that I relegated to the attic last week on the grounds that I had been looking at it for nearly 2 years without opening it?

As a special offer if after guessing the author you then go on to guess the title of the book the role of quizmaster will revert to me.
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Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia)?
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DRT wrote:Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia)?
An excellent suggestion from Derek the Dry, Daniel would no doubt take the money and run but, no not Pliny, someone rather more recent.
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Boethius (De consolatione philosophiae)
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No Andre, not Boethius, I like the cut of his jib though. It was one of your compatriots, not that this narrows the field much as they all seem to be.
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As it is not my turn, I would like to amuse with a little interlude and refer to Monty Python's "Philosopher Football":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2gJamguN04
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That did make me hoot Andre.
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Karl Marx (Das Kapital)?
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Asparagus
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Wolfgang Starz {a.k.a. WS1} (die Philosophie des Dekantieren "Au Douze")?
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DRT wrote:Karl Marx (Das Kapital)?
no
flash_uk wrote:Asparagus
If you can't play sensibly I'll call your mother to take you home
DRT wrote:Wolfgang Starz {a.k.a. WS1} (die Philosophie des Dekantieren "Au Douze")?
Wow, is this for real? No but I'm intrigued.
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LGTrotter wrote:Derek the Dry
Much chuckling here. DtD indeed.
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jdaw1 wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:Derek the Dry
Much chuckling here. DtD indeed.
But soon it will be Derek the Slim :lol:
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Hagel.
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Immanuel Kant (Kritik der reinen Vernunft)?
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Adorno?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus)?
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Antonio Gramsci.
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Oh please. The answer is obviously Martin Heidegger. Antonio Gramsci wasn't even German.
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Sorry for the delay, Internet playing up, I think the wick in the engine went out.

No correct answer yet, Heidegger was on the opposing side in terms of his german-ness during the thirties.
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LGTrotter wrote:Sorry for the delay, Internet playing up, I think the wick in the engine went out.

No correct answer yet, Heidegger was on the opposing side in terms of his german-ness during the thirties.
Oh in that case it's the great big book by.. oh, not my turn..
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It's a slimmish volume FYI. And all the guesses beginning with 'H' have set my pulses racing. But haven't been right, yet.

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LGTrotter wrote:It's a slimmish volume FYI. And all the guesses beginning with 'H' have set my pulses racing. But haven't been right, yet.

*prepares for no more guesses beginning with 'H'*
Well in that case.. Could someone guess please?
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Adolf Hitler?
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