tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post2737914079729785037..comments2024-03-05T03:05:52.336-06:00Comments on To The Manner Born: Do we KNOW anything?Toadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-49783417108515193612009-06-15T10:08:32.229-05:002009-06-15T10:08:32.229-05:00i couldn't help but think that the memorials i...i couldn't help but think that the memorials i posted about would be 3000 a.d.'s stonehenge. who? why? and what do they mean?Pigtown-Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-49605161650660883102009-06-12T10:19:26.558-05:002009-06-12T10:19:26.558-05:00I like all of his stuff. That said, The Rebel Ang...I like all of his stuff. That said, The Rebel Angels is my favorite.<br><br>Davies wrote three loosely structured trilogies, The Deptford Trilogy, The Salterton Trilogy, and The Cornish Trilogy. If you must invest in one of these (sometimes the individual volumes are harder to come by), go for Cornish, which starts with The Rebel Angels.<br><br>I also like The Cunning Man, his last book.Sartrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280352710216868683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-29055677433857787532009-06-11T11:22:15.954-05:002009-06-11T11:22:15.954-05:00Anon, thank yoiu that is a really cool site, I loo...Anon, thank yoiu that is a really cool site, I look forward to having my afternoon free, so I can spend some time there.<br><br>Sartre: glad you're well mon ami. Any recommendations on where to start with Mr. Davies?Toadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-63705630498725762222009-06-11T08:44:32.027-05:002009-06-11T08:44:32.027-05:00My wife and I honeymooned in Ireland. The country...My wife and I honeymooned in Ireland. The country literally is peppered with stone circles, stone tombs, dolmens, etc. Nothing quite on the order of magnitude of Stonehenge, but more fun: You park the rental, hop a fence, pay the farmer a pound, and walk around till your heart's content. Very spooky.<br><br>On a more serious note: With respect to the limits of human knowledge, I am very much under the influence of the novelist Robertson Davies. Davies did not believe that human knowledge is a sort of linear progression in which we build on knowledge of the past. Instead, he believed that we see different parts of the whole at different parts of history. He explained it better than I did, but I am attracted to the notion as it doesn't require us to chuck out what's been learned and believed before.<br><br>SartreSartrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280352710216868683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-1600286984007828132009-06-11T06:48:26.631-05:002009-06-11T06:48:26.631-05:00How interesting --I've been to Stonehenge and ...How interesting --<br><br>I've been to Stonehenge and it is awesome -- the best part was the one time we went in the snow -- those huge dark rocks and everything else white!<br><br>Awesome!Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114417561785860122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-36980063009936731622009-06-11T04:37:37.090-05:002009-06-11T04:37:37.090-05:00FYI --http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/jhm/arch/outl...FYI --<br><br>http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/jhm/arch/outliers.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com