If only all philosophy was written like this.
I have been reading Mark Wilson's "Wandering Significance". It looks to be about 663 pages of passages like this (p.17):
"To start our project upon grittier wheels, we must appreciate how easily humble and natural musings about concepts and attributes can insinuate themselves into our practical affairs and lead us on toward unhappy conclusions. Somtimes the process resembles a familiar species of nightmare. We have been cheerfully ambling along a pleasant country lane when we notice that our surroundings have turned grim. Now we seem trapped wihthin some vast cemetery that sprawls endlessly over gray hills. We find nothing but huge mauseleums that honor dynasties of abstracta of which we've never heard. "Where did all these edifices come from?" we ask and wonder what faulty turn in the road could have led us into this disconcerting City of the Dead. It's better that we do not linger long amongst the marble but instead retrace our way back to that sunny lane."
This passage, is accompanied by a picture. I am not even joking.
He also uses the word 'betwixt' alot.
I have been reading Mark Wilson's "Wandering Significance". It looks to be about 663 pages of passages like this (p.17):
"To start our project upon grittier wheels, we must appreciate how easily humble and natural musings about concepts and attributes can insinuate themselves into our practical affairs and lead us on toward unhappy conclusions. Somtimes the process resembles a familiar species of nightmare. We have been cheerfully ambling along a pleasant country lane when we notice that our surroundings have turned grim. Now we seem trapped wihthin some vast cemetery that sprawls endlessly over gray hills. We find nothing but huge mauseleums that honor dynasties of abstracta of which we've never heard. "Where did all these edifices come from?" we ask and wonder what faulty turn in the road could have led us into this disconcerting City of the Dead. It's better that we do not linger long amongst the marble but instead retrace our way back to that sunny lane."
This passage, is accompanied by a picture. I am not even joking.
He also uses the word 'betwixt' alot.
ccupcake:
The junk thats left is just touch ups and I'm going to ask him to do some more shading around the outside. :] I'm soo excited.