Originally posted by duecerOut of the triumvirate of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle it is Plato who is most highly regarded: one of the main reasons Socrates acquires so much acclaim is because Plato made him the central character of his plays: Plato did not wish to die by taking hemlock in a prison cell and used the character Socrates to make his own position known.
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Originally posted by demonseedI was just expressing my appreciation for his choices, I don't agree fully, but they have great merit. The greatest novelist or author is whomever you think it is, it's not a popularity contest.
No it's not, it's cast in stone and absurd.
I said what I said about Plato, because that's what I feel. It doesn't make it true. Your disagreement doesn't make it untrue.
Originally posted by duecerAny attempt to put artists on a list: to quantify their talent: is anathema.
I was just expressing my appreciation for his choices, I don't agree fully, but they have great merit. The greatest novelist or author is whomever you think it is, it's not a popularity contest.
I said what I said about Plato, because that's what I feel. It doesn't make it true. Your disagreement doesn't make it untrue.
Originally posted by duecerYou'll never understand a great author's weaknesses nor will I, because to do so would mean that we are great authors. You think you can judge Beckett, Hemingway, Joyce, Proust, or Marlowe? Or anyone?
An anethma to what or whom? There is merit in discussing them, and why one feels they are great, or even their weakness'
If you think you can then you're a turd: yeah that's right I just excreted you from my anus: I AM YOUR MOTHER!
You are anathema, you are a weak, vague fool.
