https://www.isegoria.net/2015/08/the-skull-punches-back/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2015/08/the-skull-punches-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2362022 Adam Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:50:14 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38578#comment-2362022 I was familiar with the general point but never heard it captured as succinctly as in the phrase “the skull punches back.” I remember reading a profile of Muhammed Ali by Gary Wills in which Wills referred to the human hand as a “fragile birdcage of bones”.

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