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It's collective,
national, intermittent.
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Oh, a new theory!
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Athens, 416BC
Euripides premieres his Electra
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Two rivals attend,
Sophocles and Aristophanes.
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And two friends, Socrates and Plato.
Intelligence was there.
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Firenze, 1504, Palazzo Vecchio,
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on facing walls, two painters:
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
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An apprentice: Rafaello.
A manager: Niccolo Machiavelli.
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Philadelphia, USA, 1776 - 1787.
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Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution.
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Adams, Franklin, Jefferson,
Washington, Hamilton and Madison.
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No other country
has been so blessed.
1:14:57
I was born in Chicoutimi,
Canada, in 1950.
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It's a miracle you're not dumber.
1:15:03
in 1950, everyone was dumb,
in Athens and Chicoutimi.
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In Italy you'd have supported
the Red Brigades.
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Now it's Berlusconi.
-Philadelphia voted George Bush.
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You see, you're not that dumb.
1:15:17
Intelligence has disappeared,
and it can take eons to come back.
1:15:21
From Tacitus to Dante was what,
11 centuries?
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The Arabs kept intelligence alive.
-True.
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You're not hungry?
1:15:31
It won't go down.
-And you? -No thanks.
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I never thought I'd see the day
you'd turn down fresh truffles.
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Alas, that day is here.
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A sip of wine?
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Drink to my health
and tell me how good it is.