tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post1052715884669653243..comments2024-03-07T12:57:35.296-05:00Comments on Varieties of Unreligious Experience: ParnassusConrad H. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-83093900740941633292008-08-16T14:11:00.000-04:002008-08-16T14:11:00.000-04:00John, I can understand this attitude: it is the ed...John, I can understand this attitude: it is the editor's mindset. Anyway, your compliment is much appreciated.<BR/><BR/>Michael: Yes, and see Erasmus' <A HREF="http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/manuzio/manuzio1/jpg/s1120.html" REL="nofollow">adage on Batavian ears</A>--<BR/><BR/>"Quemadmodum Graeci dicunt βοιωτιον ους, id est, Boeoticam aurem pro pingui, crassaque, itidem Martialis Epigrammatum libro 6. Batavam aurem dixit agrestem, inelegantem tetricamque:<BR/><BR/>Tu ne es, tu ne ait, ille Martialis, <BR/>Cuius nequitias iocosque novit, <BR/>Aurem qui modo non habet Batavam."Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-8409974327165179572008-08-15T20:20:00.000-04:002008-08-15T20:20:00.000-04:00Wandering hills, fascinating excursion. It is sur...Wandering hills, fascinating excursion. It is surprising that Parnassus was erroneously located in Boetia as a 'Boetian' was a dull, stupid person. Boiwtizo - to be like a Boetian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-28873285922050276502008-08-15T16:30:00.000-04:002008-08-15T16:30:00.000-04:00Only, I think, because what I like or agree with I...Only, I think, because what I like or agree with I generally leave alone, and comment only on what I take issue with. (I have just linked your post on hating reading from a Hat comment.)<BR/><BR/>But once for all: Vunex is lovely stuff, and I read almost all of it with both pleasure and approbation.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-85745384100819467672008-08-15T13:46:00.000-04:002008-08-15T13:46:00.000-04:00Thanks, John: a rare compliment from you.Thanks, John: a rare compliment from you.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-91829262579058834752008-08-14T23:58:00.000-04:002008-08-14T23:58:00.000-04:00Bravo!The true spirit of early Vunex rises to the ...Bravo!<BR/><BR/>The true spirit of early Vunex rises to the top.<BR/><BR/>Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com