I've started to read it three times and put it down due to the style.
Tom Send a noteboard - 12/01/2011 01:34:24 AM
I may go back to it at some point. Not this year, though. 
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
John Milton - Paradise Lost (and Paradise Regained)
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Wow. <<<<Should be over there<<<<
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The word "book" is a bit misleading, they're really more like chapters.
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I'm glad we agree on so much.
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I thought I'd have a short response
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OK, I blogged about my own reaction to it
- 12/01/2011 05:26:18 AM
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Not that much in there that I disagree with, actually.
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With the utility of the religious discussion in poetic form
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Well, if I'd found really all of those Heaven books boring, I'm not sure I'd have finished it.
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I've started to read it three times and put it down due to the style.
- 12/01/2011 01:34:24 AM
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Yeah, if you really dislike the style, it really may not be worth forcing yourself through.
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Okay, i think I may change my classic from this to something else now *NM*
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It certainly wasn't my intention to frighten people off. Like I said, I'm glad I read it. *NM*
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Like I said, I'm glad I read it. *NM*
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