[lit-ideas] Re: Clive Bell's Civilization
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- Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 15:52:42 +0200
On 31. May 2021, at 07:10, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At one time [Lee Griffith] showed me and let me read his prized copy of
Civilization. I recall being impressed. ... However, several years later I
acquired a copy of my own and wasn't nearly as impressed. Nor could I
recaptured the feeling I had when I first read it. I did recall that Lee and
I used to drink a lot of beer together; so maybe that was a requirement.
I heard someone yesterday on the radio commenting on how members of a certain
(Middle-Eastern?) culture judged the greatness of an idea. One must consider
an idea once while sober and a second time while inebriated. Only if the idea
is considered 'great' under BOTH conditions is it to be judged so.
Chris Bruce,
sober as a judge, in
Kiel, Germany
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