Mando; Are you OK? Your contributions are needed here. Your sensitive artist's voice is always clarifying.
WC --- On Fri, 12/5/08, armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Lehrer and Whitman > To: [email protected] > Cc: "armando baeza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 12:16 AM > I'll be away a few months, perhaps longer. So long and > thanks. > mando > > On Dec 4, 2008, at 7:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 11/29/08 8:08:38 PM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > writes re > > the Lehrer: > >> > >> > >> "Tell you what: Let's get through the > book first, then return to > >> parse > >> and critique its writing. It's pretty quick > going. . ." > >> > > It ain't quick for me, largely because I'm > continually halted by > > what I > > consider Lehrer's many inadequacies. When I read > any philosopher, > > indeed, any > > alleged expert, if I become convinced he's just > not up to the job, > > I seldom > > feel > > like pressing on. I react the same to all genres of > "artists". If I > > read a > > great > > deal by a given novelist, and it all displeases me, I > do not feel > > derelict in > > not reading all of his works before saying HE as a > writer is > > displeasing to > > me. Same with a given novel; the phrase in publishing > is, "You do > > not have to > > eat all of the egg to know that it is bad." > > > > Can this occasionally make for a "mistake"? > Yes, but with the > > limited amount > > of time I always figure I have, I judge that the few > mistakes are far > > outweighed by the time saved (and > "aesthetic" angst avoided). I > > know it's not > > out of > > the question that Lehrer may have some remarks to make > I may > > esteem, but if > > his > > reasoning does not improve damn soon, I'll judge > he will turn out > > to be a > > great waste of time. > > > > (I realize I have not detailed here all my reasons for > judging him > > so. But > > the point of this posting is solely to say, "This > is how I react, > > why I may > > not > > agree with Michael that I should push on through the > entire book. > > I'm a slow > > reader of philosophy." WHY I react this way > toward Lehrer would > > call for > > another posting, one that would be bound to be very > tedious -- and > > time-consuming) > >> > > > > > > ************** > > Make your life easier with all your friends, email, > and > > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp& > > icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)
