James_Miller comments on Rationality quotes: October 2010 - LessWrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 05 October 2010 01:42:19PM *  0 points [-]

The value of the first quote to a rationalist comes from understanding that the sentiment behind it has distorted the words of many writers. Favorinus probably believed that Hadrian would not have punished him had he not stated that he lost the debate.