tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post1302632366544400319..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: Ataraxia, or: On Attaining a State of NevermindDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-50523093307807947522007-01-05T21:29:00.000+00:002007-01-05T21:29:00.000+00:00Fascinating.Quite fascinating.I must come here mor...Fascinating.Quite fascinating.I must come here more often.<br />Life!But not as we know it!Sky Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154273736917461358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-85015112400887347532006-12-12T17:55:00.000+00:002006-12-12T17:55:00.000+00:00The desire to be freed from the discomforts of lif...<i>The desire to be freed from the discomforts of life is the softening of the underbelly of society.</i><br /><br />Not nearly as softening as the inability to distinguish the inevitable discomforts from evitable ones.Cirdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161072165681849178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-14610772740267781922006-12-12T09:12:00.000+00:002006-12-12T09:12:00.000+00:00Indeed so, Mr Higham. Thanks and well spotted, Mr ...Indeed so, Mr Higham. Thanks and well spotted, Mr Gregson. Better not put it to the vote, Mr I.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-82527945453819137222006-12-11T21:49:00.000+00:002006-12-11T21:49:00.000+00:00Is it better to live life as a pig, satisfied, tha...Is it better to live life as a pig, satisfied, than as Socrates, dissatisfied?Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378087326571746733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-88460508609628933812006-12-11T21:13:00.000+00:002006-12-11T21:13:00.000+00:00While I was in the process of reading your very in...While I was in the process of reading your very interesting assertions, I noticed that you misspelled "Parerga" in the footnote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-60837956354736185372006-12-08T19:35:00.000+00:002006-12-08T19:35:00.000+00:00The desire to be freed from the discomforts of lif...The desire to be freed from the discomforts of life is the softening of the underbelly of society. No one learnt from Imperial Rome, it seems.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-27015708094065433972006-12-08T11:41:00.000+00:002006-12-08T11:41:00.000+00:00Wash your mouth out with a fine claret.Wash your mouth out with a fine claret.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-13196194286199172292006-12-07T16:27:00.000+00:002006-12-07T16:27:00.000+00:00WE might fall short of cabbages, but surely the Fr...WE might fall short of cabbages, but surely the French don't?deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.com