Movie "About a Boy" based on a JBJ line

jovilaura_fi · #31 02-20-2003, 09:26 AM

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I say once again

John Donne (1572-1631), 'No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main...'

ITS A FAMOUS PIECE OF BLOODY PHILOSOPHY

TO SAY JON WROTE IT IS LAUGHABLE

And Goose - just to point out, it's not PHILOSOPHY, it's POETRY!!!

(I love John Donne)

Jon's use of the line is an allusion. I agree, too, that it's laughable to think it's Jon's work.

Laura, John Donne is know as a poet, but he is know as a philosopher too.

Good point...

bez · #32 02-22-2003, 01:47 PM

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WRONG!

I actually saw the episode of "Who wants to be a millionare?" that was on "About a Boy" and I also saw an episode of "The Wheel of Fortune" where the question was "Who wrote the line "No Man Is An Island"?

On both shows the answer was Jon Bon Jovi...

The line that the german guy wrote probably translates differently or means something else.

Jon is credited with this one.

This is absolute BOLLOCKS!!!!!!

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