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First of all, I purchased an edition with extra notes from DFW at the end and they reveal that this is much more unfinished than I thought, so it f...
As Aesop relayed moral fables 2000 years ago that are still told to children, Borges did the same for fables of the sublime. A collection of post-m...
Really disliked. While the first section was very strong, it nosedived into mediocre from there.
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Can anyone recommend works that shine light on the medieval person’s self conception? Historical ethnography, sociology, anthropology—anything would be appreciated, but I’m specifically looking for something that’ll help me contrast the medieval inner life with that of the enlightenment/post-enlightenment person. Basically my work-life is comparable to a peasant’s, and I want to see if my mind might resemble a peasant’s as well.
