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Exactly, anything that has survived 100 or 1000 years is most likely worth your time
by dovrce 5y ago
Exactly, anything that has survived 100 or 1000 years is most likely worth your time
- failwhaleshark 5y agoThe Epic of Gilgamesh is roughly 3800-years-old. One has to wonder though if something has survived as an artifact only because there were a zillion copies of the then "Steven King's" latest, or if it truly was great and preserved with care by those with taste. You have to wonder if the then Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs down compared to other contemporary works.
- ellegriffin 5y agoI think about this all the time when it comes to archeological finds. How do we know this wasn't one of their worst works?
- bambax 5y agoMany writings from the ancient world survive only because of quotes in other books. It's likely that works that were heavily quoted were among the best. But of course, that doesn't preclude the fact that there may have been much better works that didn't make it to us.
- failwhaleshark 5y agoOf course, I wouldn't doubt many excellent works died and will die in obscurity in drawers and caves. Popularity seems almost arbitrary with elements of promotion (ads, influencers, celebrities, etc.), timeliness, and virality.
- ellegriffin 5y agoMaybe this is the case for books after all. None of our television shows or movies will make it this long.