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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd'> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xml:lang='en-GB' lang='en-GB'> <head> <meta content='text/html; charset=utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type' /> <title>Þú og þeir (Sókrates) - lyrics - Diggiloo Thrush</title> <base target='_top' /> <link rel='shortcut icon' href='favicon.ico' /> <meta http-equiv='Content-Style-Type' content='text/css' /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/styles.css' /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/lyric.css' /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/scripts.css.php?011' /> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/artists.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/scripts.js.php?latLink'></script> <link rel='start' href='http://diggiloo.net/' title='Front page' /> <link rel='contents' href='http://diggiloo.net/' title='Front page' /> <link rel='next' href='/?1988se' /> <link rev='made' href='mailto:webmaster@diggiloo.net' /> </head> <body scroll='yes'> <div id='container'> <div class='noscreen'>http://diggiloo.net/</div> <div id='banner' style='width: 100%;'> <h1 style='padding:0;margin:0;'><a title="Home" href='http://diggiloo.net/'><img src='/gfx/logo.jpg' width='553px' height='101px' style='vertical-align: bottom;' alt='The Diggiloo Thrush - 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Greek philosopher.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debussy" title="Look for Claude Debussy on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Claude Debussy</a></span> (1862–1918) - French classical composer.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchaikovsky" title="Look for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky</a></span> (1840–1893) - Russian classical composer.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Benediktsson" title="Look for Einar Benediktsson on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Einar Benediktsson</a></span> (1864–1940) - Icelandic poet, author and lawyer.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven" title="Look for Ludwig van Beethoven on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Ludwig van Beethoven</a></span> (1770–1827) - German classical composer.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Thoroddsen" title="Look for Gunnar Thoroddsen on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Gunnar Thoroddsen</a></span> (1910–1983) - Icelandic Prime Minister 1980-1983.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Lloyd" title="Look for Harold Lloyd on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Harold Lloyd</a></span> (1893–1971) - American actor.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud" title="Look for Sigmund Freud on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Sigmund Freud</a></span> (1856–1939) - Austrian neurologist.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne" title="Look for John Wayne on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>John Wayne</a></span> (1907–1979) - American actor.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Look for Mark Twain on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Mark Twain</a></span> (1835–1910) - American writer.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Look for Michael Caine on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Michael Caine</a></span> (1933—) - British actor.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules" title="Look for Hercules on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Hercules</a></span> - hero of Roman mythology.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Look for Christopher Columbus on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Christopher Columbus</a></span> (1451–1506) - Italian trader and explorer.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'>Sólon Islandus</span> (1820–1896) - (real name: Sölvi Helgason) outsider, vagabond, painter, poet and philosopher, a modern legend in Iceland.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn" title="Look for Felix Mendelssohn on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Felix Mendelssohn</a></span> (1809–1847) - German classical composer.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Look for Paul McCartney on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Paul McCartney</a></span> (1942—) - member of <a title='' target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'>The Beatles</a>, musician, singer and songwriter.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon" title="Look for John Lennon on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>John Lennon</a></span> (1940–1980) - member of <a title='' target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'>The Beatles</a>, guitarist, singer and songwriter.</li> <li><span class='noteheading'>Jón Páll Sigmarsson</span> (1960–1993) - Icelandic 'Worlds Strongest Man' champion.</li></ul> </div> </div> <table id='footer' style='width: 100%; border-top: dotted 1px #000000;'> <tr><td width='50px'></td> <td width='100%'><p>If you spot any errors on this page, please don't hesitate to <a title='Contact' href='/?contact.1988is'>tell us</a>. 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