Re: Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, on Humanism and Sartre
- From: pashby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Ashby)
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 21:47:41 GMT
Dave Smith <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 22 May, 14:12, pas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Ashby) wrote:
Paul Grieg <pgr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Anyone else have 'high profile' writers they have struck from their
reading lists?
I have tried several times to read Derek Parfitt's Reasons and Persons.
I am told it is close to genius and I am interested in moral philosophy.
I just find it too turgid, it simply sends me to sleep. So I haven't
struck him from my list, partly because I hate to have books I haven't
read (no, I don't have A Brief history of Time). When I have finished
Consciousness Explained I will have little else to read, so maybe one
more time...
I read Part Three of 'Reasons and Persons' first, and found it easier
and more interesting than the rest. I haven't managed to read the
whole tome, but just dipping into it here and there can be rewarding.
I was amused by Parfit's opening comments in his Concluding Chapter
(page 445):
Thanks for that, I might try your strategy.
Peter
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