tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post5492420139582380895..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: At SchoolDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-18753210929909532122009-09-12T17:31:16.288+01:002009-09-12T17:31:16.288+01:00It is so unusual to witness such a fine understand...It is so unusual to witness such a fine understanding of a thing when the observer has not first applied the thing to himself, or does not know that is so. <br />Rousseau did that once or twice, without a trace of irony.xlbrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931950075332608449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-89031814764993677192009-09-11T02:04:44.539+01:002009-09-11T02:04:44.539+01:00It's not a bad description of how lame physics...It's not a bad description of how lame physics was once learned - attend to Aristotle, not to nature.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-56841497914284723892009-09-11T00:08:06.813+01:002009-09-11T00:08:06.813+01:00Nice phrase.Nice phrase.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-53193484954462304852009-09-11T00:00:52.229+01:002009-09-11T00:00:52.229+01:00Hm ... I ought not to comment when I should alread...Hm ... I ought not to comment when I should already have fallen into the feathers.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-77840559580226003552009-09-10T23:33:00.473+01:002009-09-10T23:33:00.473+01:00I've been quoting from it for several years!I've been quoting from it for several years!Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-62129764884627503662009-09-10T23:10:47.143+01:002009-09-10T23:10:47.143+01:00In diesen Fehler fallen gewöhnlich die schwärmeris...<i>In diesen Fehler fallen gewöhnlich die schwärmerischen Erfinder von Hypothesen.</i> [J 1259], page 442.<br /><br />PS: Ha, so you bought the book, Mr Deogowulf, and enjoy the "old hunchback's" <i>Sudeleien</i>.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-2068492534333232802009-09-10T21:18:28.694+01:002009-09-10T21:18:28.694+01:00And all civilization is based on this. Which makes...And all civilization is based on this. Which makes the answer look all the more correct - 42.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com