[lit-ideas] Re: Lit-Ideas: A Survey

  • From: "David Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 01:44:41 -0500

 -- philosophy, or sophology?

That is, the love of wisdom -- versus -- the study of others' wisdom
(which does not ensure the absorption, synthesis, or development of any
wisdom -- whatsoever).  By all the dirty, whorish gods, don't get lost in
sophology (http://sophology.org...gods-be-damned, I should publish this
meaningless shit before the masses lay their filthy hands upon it).

The once-exiled, prodigal son said:

Am I a good ideas type? Don't think  so. Find 'history of ideas' as
Berlin
taught at Oxford, a bit pretentious. I  prefer 'philosophy'.

I would say that you are more philosopher than most.  You ask questions;
you think.  Though, perhaps, you fail to reconsider.  Nonetheless, I

facetiously fail to reconsider,
d,

P.S.  My rant re Andre and all that hoo-p-dee-la-dee-dah.  Well, I'm an
opportunist, and I doubt he has the chutzpah to ban me now (and I know he
lacks the wit).  Hopefully, he has realised his position as plebe, merely
providing the possibility for profoundly talented pundits to pontificate.

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