That, And I'm too lazy to write anything....On top of everything else, Kraft, Epstein, Manafort, Derschowitz & of course Trump are object lessons in why we need the humanities—esp. aesthetics. Read a poem or two & it becomes hard to see Vegas, Miami clubs & the services of paid teen sexworkers as glamorous & not desperate.
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) February 26, 2019
"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Talk to me about the truth of religion, and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolation of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand."--C.S. Lewis
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Because, as Eliot said great poets steal...
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