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It's on my list. Right below -- no, not "right" below; well below -- The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost
by AlbertCory 3y ago
It's on my list. Right below -- no, not "right" below; well below -- The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost
- lukev 3y agoYeah completely agreed... who needs real philosophy or literature when we have Harry Potter fanfic that does both?
- mdp2021 3y agoWe just hope you are not referring to Dante with that.
- AlbertCory 3y agoInane comment. No one said anything about other literature. So tell us: have you read it?
- lukev 3y agoSigh. Sarcasm is always lost on the internet. I was replying to the actually insane comment who said the Tractatus was well below Milton on his reading list (presumably to express how little any of them are worth his time…?) I’ve read all three for the record.
- AlbertCory 3y agoAnd spelling is also apparently lost: "inane" not the same as "insane." And your "presumably" is quite wrong: that's your invention. I'd happily stack my life reading list against yours, anytime. Those other two are "hope to read someday." Tractatus is "unlikely."
- mdp2021 3y agoThe Tractatus is around 150kb of aphoristic text. The Commedia is a poem that can be hardly separated from notes and contains many intentional layers of interpretation. If you value economy of effort, there is a possibility that you will find the Tractatus more digestible.
- AlbertCory 3y agoI actually would like to read Dante and Milton.
- mdp2021 3y agoYou should. But remember that the Commedia is of the kind that requires an intensive, prolonged, long-term approach.