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Which is the direst critique one can address to any book! It's the book's (and author's) failure, not your own, to be incomprehensible and pedantic.
by bambax 11y ago
Which is the direst critique one can address to any book! It's the book's (and author's) failure, not your own, to be incomprehensible and pedantic.
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- msutherl 11y agoGod bless this way of thinking has come to its end place in the greatest work of American writing ever made: https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/ https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/.
- wobbleblob 11y agoNaa, I was just not the intended audience, and maybe a few decades too young.
- wanderer2323 11y agoIf a child cannot understand the scope and themes of, say, Montaigne's Essais, is this a fault of Montaigne's? The Pendulum is similarly loaded with concepts and ideas.
- bambax 11y agoMontaigne isn't pedantic and doesn't use fancy words.
- tomjen3 11y agoIt is a reason for not reading it and worthwhile information. Your comment however was arrogant and uncalled for.