[ExI] John C. Wright Interview

Randall Randall randall at randallsquared.com
Sat Jan 26 02:17:48 UTC 2008


On Jan 25, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Damien Broderick wrote:
> At 04:12 PM 1/25/2008 -0800, Lee quoted Wright:
>
>> It ["Ulysses"] has the same relationship to a real novel as a  
>> Rorschach
>>     blot has to a real painting. As in a Rorschach blot, any meaning,
>>     including parallels to the Odyssey, can be invented freely by  
>> critics
>>     and students of literature and shoehorned to fit.
>>
>> I'd really appreciate the opinion of anyone who's read the book,  
>> or has some
>> independent knowledge about it.
>
> Does this look like gibberish to anyone except a Philistine?

It's so *obviously* gibberish that I'm not sure if you're
joking (because of the way you put it, here).  I get waves
of spam that looks like that.


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