[lit-ideas] 11th ed of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:42:26 -0700
David,
On page 9 of The Life of the Mind, Hannah Arendt writes, "Sixty years ago,
the Encyclopaedia Britannica felt quite safe in treating 'metaphysics' as
philosophy 'under its most discredited name,' . . ." I looked at the
article on "Metaphysics" in the 11th edition. It is about 28 pages long.
I read the section on Kant, but noticed that Kant is referred to throughout
the article. Since I am not presently willing to read the entire article
and since you are in the process of reading the 11th edition anyway, perhaps
when you get to volume 18 you can tell me if Arendt is quoting Kant
correctly.
Lawrence
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: 9th ed of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
On Nov 2, 2007, at 10:00 AM, Lawrence Helm wrote:
David:
Since we all need goals. Here are some you might consider (from Wikipedia -
no irony intended):
and <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Urban_Shirk> Amos Urban Shirk, an
American businessman, who read the 11th and 14th editions, devoting roughly
three hours per night for four and a half years to read the 11th.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica#_note-7> [25]
Clearly not a man to shirk work.
I ordered a copy. I guess I'd better clear my night stand for the next
decade or so.
David Ritchie,
glorying in the sunshine and color, also looking forward to looking for a
nice edition of Hume's history at the Catlin Gabel rummage sale
in Portland, Oregon
http://www.catlin.edu/news/rummage/index
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