tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post4637514526562231954..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-40846853375124413742014-03-16T16:56:53.794-04:002014-03-16T16:56:53.794-04:00This being a thread about someone I regard as the ...This being a thread about someone I regard as the ultimate pessimist, I thought I would shamelessly exhibit/promote the exuberant, vibrant face of modern Scottish Socialism as a counterbalance<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RmvohQm-SU<br /><br /><br />NotHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443644930695303411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-8701768258834934992014-03-14T11:58:22.598-04:002014-03-14T11:58:22.598-04:00I always thought Marx and especially Feuerbach had...I always thought Marx and especially Feuerbach had the best critiques of religion, in that they show 1) why it's a necessary condition of our society, and 2) why rational argument alone will not prevail in its eradication; despite vitriolic efforts by Harris, Dawkins, Hitchens, etc.<br /><br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-53530605987045489932014-03-14T05:15:38.462-04:002014-03-14T05:15:38.462-04:00I don't doubt your reading is correct. I just...I don't doubt your reading is correct. I just find the allowed/aloud doubling an agreeable resonance. Like a double-stop on the viola, it adds to the music of the sentence. ;)Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486234948199900568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-21024145558534894122014-03-14T04:30:58.810-04:002014-03-14T04:30:58.810-04:00If we recall the political/religious struggles at ...If we recall the political/religious struggles at the time Hobbes was writing [in exile in France, I believe], I think we would incline toward my reading. Are there any experts out there?Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-79653513688470294862014-03-14T02:19:04.508-04:002014-03-14T02:19:04.508-04:00A brilliant pair of definitions, to be sure. Ant...A brilliant pair of definitions, to be sure. Anticipating Ambrose Bierce, with a notch less snark. <br /><br />I initially read "allowed" to be closer in meaning to "avowed" or "admitted to" rather than permitted by officialdom. Almost like stories one would be willing to discuss "aloud" rather than prefer to keep secret. <br /><br />Probably over interpreting it, but Oxford includes that flavor of meaning:<br /><br />http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/allow <br /><br />(Maybe Lincoln's or Twain's 19th century diction makes this sense of "allow" come to mind, while Hobbes own17th century King's/Lord Protector's English would hew to the legalistic sense.)Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486234948199900568noreply@blogger.com