[lit-ideas] Re: just out curiosity

  • From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Lit-Ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 16:11:35 +0900

<grin>

John


On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:04 PM, David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Rating and thinking, for all I'm involved in grading, stop me cold.
>
> As you know I'm not a philosopher, but to translate, is "wie es eigentlich
> gewesen" better than the notion of histoire totale?  Are bananas better
> than cheese?  Is Bobby Charlton better than Gareth Bale?
>
> I have no doubt that I'm a third rate thinker and that is why I never
> joined the navy.
>
> David Ritchie,
> Portland Oregon
>
>
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