Talk:Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?

message: Q "which has entered common use" - Please would someone explain what it has entered common use to mean! - Valor.
:A (IMO) what sort of chappie utilises medieval torture machines on fairly harmless pretty little creatures? ....dave souza, talk 16:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

message: Removed:
:The phrase likely originated from Lucian's "The Fly, An appreciation""The Fly, An appreciation" by Lucian, sacred-texts.com where the last sentence reads "But I must break off; not that my subject is exhausted; only that to exhaust such a subject is too like breaking a butterfly on the wheel."
I'm willing to stand corrected, but I believe there's no wheel in the Greek original, only in some Eng. translations. Sgt Pinback 21:40, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lucian

message: An edit by 71.143.10.58, which I have reverted, served only to question the validity of Dawkins' response to Midgley's criticism and contributed, in my opinion, nothing to the purpose of the article. I consider the inclusion of the response itself in the article to be of questionable value, but it could at least be argued to be a comment on the phrase and its usage. The anonymous insertion, however, had no such relevance so far as I can see. I am open to any contrary opinions; for a speedy response, you may wish to contact me on my talk page. Robin S (talk) 02:49, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reverted section on Dawkins

message: While reading this article, I remembered that in Resident Evil 4, one revolver that the player may carry is named the "Broken Butterfly".  I wonder if the allusion in intentional? 65.81.143.246 (talk) 10:40, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that observation, however to draw any connetion we need verification from a published reliable source making that connection, as making our own conclusions is against our "no original research" policy. . dave souza, talk 11:02, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken Butterfly

message: This phrase also appears in the Chumbawumba song 'You Can (Mass Trespass, 1932) on their 'A Singsong and a Scrap' album.  
Wikihazel (talk) 09:39, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chumbawumba reference 

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