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Corodon posted 08-17-99 12:45 AM ET
I really like the selection of quotes from the Datalinks used when you discover a new tech (Plato, Machiavelli, Neitzche, Kant, etc.) Does anyone know whether the designers took these from any one particular anthology of western philosophy, or did someone at Firaxis just have a nice library of the classics?
Alexnm posted 08-17-99 12:58 AM ET
As far as I know, Brian Reynolds has a degree on Philosophy. I think that is the main source of the quotes and of the "Eudaimonia" concept (his library of classics, I guess).
Natguy posted 08-17-99 11:36 PM ET
Yeah, and the science quotes (and explanations, but who reads those. I especially like the one that reads "...building modest factories where all repetative nonskilled jobs, from janitor to VP of Sales, are handled by sophisticated robots" Hee hee hee)
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Author	Topic: Datalinks quotes
Corodon	posted 08-17-99 12:45 AM ET I really like the selection of quotes from the Datalinks used when you discover a new tech (Plato, Machiavelli, Neitzche, Kant, etc.) Does anyone know whether the designers took these from any one particular anthology of western philosophy, or did someone at Firaxis just have a nice library of the classics?
Alexnm	posted 08-17-99 12:58 AM ET As far as I know, Brian Reynolds has a degree on Philosophy. I think that is the main source of the quotes and of the "Eudaimonia" concept (his library of classics, I guess).
Natguy	posted 08-17-99 11:36 PM ET Yeah, and the science quotes (and explanations, but who reads those. I especially like the one that reads "...building modest factories where all repetative nonskilled jobs, from janitor to VP of Sales, are handled by sophisticated robots" Hee hee hee)