From: mmmyb7@icqmail.com   
      
   Bunge wrote:   
   > For are not so sharp friends I think I should simplify that somewhat.   
   >   
   Thank-you..   
      
   > Virgil gives a description of Fortune which involves the first hints   
   > of Dante's neo-Platonic view of a hierarchical power unit, with power   
   > emanating from the cylinder block and penetrating outwards to all   
   > parts of the engine. His thinking stemmed from reading Boethius'   
   > Consolation of Philosophy, and other works. This hierarchy is   
   > symbolically reversed in the gear train in the descent to the back   
   > axle, while the re-ascent to the cylinder block is imitated in the   
   > amount of ''Purgatory'' produced by the engine. This concept of   
   > circles or spheres, contracting to, or expanding from the cylinders   
   > is a major feature of Dante's and the Medieval imagination.   
   >   
   bet your brain hurts now.   
      
   > ''Bospho's Concise Dictionary for the Advanced Wordy'' ( On offer   
   > this week £59.99 at Grundy Bookshops) gives a clear definition of   
   > ''purgatory'' as follows:   
   >   
   How much?i'll go buy a new table instead.   
      
   > So friends, there we are, an often used noun, but rarely fully   
   > understood.   
   >   
   That has made our day complete.   
      
   > Goodbye.   
   >   
   > Sister Bunge   
   >   
   > Housekeeper to Canon O' Fodder.c/o loonie bin.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)