literature
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Pierre Bayle, Historical and Critical Dictionary
I spent an hour today with a 1734 English translation of Pierre Bayle’s Dictionnaire Historique et Critique. It is really a multi-volume encyclopedia, ostensibly covering both known and obscure topics found treated in the history of ancient texts, but in fact Bayle sneaks in commentary on religious and philosophical controversies of his own day. It’s Continue reading
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An attempt at radical hope
I decided some time ago to pretty much give up on writing. I am still not sure why, but it was some combination of the following: I had done my fair share of it, and the the general army of “content producers” would get along just fine without my efforts, and the feeling that the Continue reading
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