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1062In the Republic he entertains the idea of the beneficent lie, yes. His point aboNeocon-12/2/2004
1061That raises the question - just what is wisdom writing? Another critic of Homer,Tom Clarke-12/2/2004
1060Plato has a lot of gall calling poets liars. Didn't he support the idea of tTom Clarke-12/2/2004
1059Afterwards however I went to others, suspecting and grieving and fearing that I average joe-12/1/2004
1058Plato's beef with Homer is more subtle than that. The point is that poets liNeocon-11/30/2004
1057When you first said that critics like Harold Bloom are probably two-fisted drinkTom Clarke-11/30/2004
1056Wonder is essential, yes. It is the context in which it is understood that is inNeocon-11/11/2004
1055<i>"Prayer and fasting only please, ...</i> Oh thank you. And one_less-11/10/2004
1054Wonder has its rightful place as an essential human element. It transcends the uone_less-11/10/2004
1053LOL!!!Neocon-11/10/2004
1052Prayer and fasting only please, or better yet take your little bag of peppers anaverage joe-11/9/2004
1051Hmmmm.....a lot to chew on here. Better retire to the opium den so I can mull itTom Clarke-11/9/2004
1050Concluded, no. Suspect, yes. Meaning can only derive from a structured order in Neocon-11/9/2004
1049I'm surprised you would conclude these guys are by nature self-indulgent. I Tom Clarke-11/9/2004
1048Not "by definition" (and remember, I included the pursuit of sexual ecNeocon-11/9/2004
1047Just so I'm sure we're on the same page - you're saying people like Tom Clarke-11/9/2004
1046Give me some examples, I will see what I think.....Neocon-11/9/2004
1045There is a long list of distinguished writers and artists who I think would disaTom Clarke-11/8/2004
1044Pretty straightforward: they are prone to claim that Truth (or at least "thNeocon-11/8/2004
1043LOL! That's very amusing....what's it mean?Tom Clarke-11/8/2004
1042My acquaintance with his work is limited, so I do not want to say too much. But Neocon-11/7/2004
1041Never figured Bloom for a two-fisted drinker. <g> Bloom In Love <i>Tom Clarke-11/6/2004
1040It mnemonic!Neocon-11/5/2004
1039My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' beone_less-11/5/2004
1038That is the motto of all two fisted drinkers who like literature.......LOL!Neocon-11/5/2004
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