[ExI] Two literary quotations
Robert Masters
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Sat Nov 21 17:25:31 UTC 2009
Jeff Davis wrote:
<<Welcome to the neighborhood, Robert.>>
Thank you, sir. Happy to be aboard.
<<That Nietze quote, however, was bloated and opaque. (Probably no better in the original German.) When he could have said: Humans believe all manner of crapola, sans awareness, shame, or a second thought.>>
I would never in a million years describe Nietzsche's style as either bloated or opaque, but your precis is spot-on.
Rob Masters
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