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I like the version of a former judge on Germany’s Supreme Court: “Think like a philosopher, write like a peasant”.
by shaki-dora 8y ago
I like the version of a former judge on Germany’s Supreme Court: “Think like a philosopher, write like a peasant”.
- senderista 8y agoIf only German philosophers had taken that advice.
- tvanantwerp 8y agoA guest lecturer from Germany comes to a university classroom and begins giving his speech in German. After five minutes, a bored student gets up to leave. "No, wait!" interjects the German lecturer. "I've almost gotten to the verb!"
- gk1 8y agoIn tsarist Russia, authors were paid by the page, which is why Dostoevsky's stories are so verbose and indirect. I don't know what's Nietzsche's excuse.
- shaki-dora 8y agoOr German peasants!
- criddell 8y agoThere are some writers that seem to produce work that is just incompatible with my brain. A recent example for me is Sam Harris' book Waking Up. It feels like somebody could take that book, remove some ornamentation, and state the ideas more plainly. It isn't a difficult text, but I find myself having to reread pages to clear the fog more than I normally do.