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The word "dunce" was originally a reference to Bl. John Duns Scotus, a 13th century scholastic theologian, whose books on theology, philosophy, and logic were University textbooks. His followers, termed "Dunsmen" or "Dunses", were later challenged about their system of hair-splitting and distinctions. Their obstinacy over an increasing array of challenges posed first by humanists and then by reformers, led to the term "dunses" to denote fools in general.
Well, Splitting Hairs and Distinctions sounds familiar,
Obstnancy?? NEVER I am Not Obstinate EVER!
(They were mean when they called me oppositional defiant
)
How did it change so much? I like splitting hairs
but we are Not 'fools in general'
(Social fool now and again)
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There are two kinds of restrictions upon human liberty--the restraint of law and that of custom. No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by public opinion.
C.C.Catt