Comments on: THIS BOUNTIFUL WORLD (THE MEANDERING PATH OF A BOOK IN PROGRESS) https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world-the-meandering-path-of-a-book-in-progress2.html Author Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: Oregon Women https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world-the-meandering-path-of-a-book-in-progress2.html#comment-143 Oregon Women Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:41:27 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=537#comment-143 Great blog, enjoyed browsing through the site

]]> By: Jerry Dennis https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world-the-meandering-path-of-a-book-in-progress2.html#comment-146 Jerry Dennis Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:05:19 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=537#comment-146 I’m sure you’re right about Wikipedia, Gerry. I can’t get over the fact that it succeeds as well as it does. There are errors and repetitions, but, dang, mostly it works.

Hey! Only a few more weeks of underwear weather!

]]> By: Gerry Sell https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world-the-meandering-path-of-a-book-in-progress2.html#comment-142 Gerry Sell Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:34:35 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=537#comment-142 I can see how it happens. I started out wanting to know about one raggedy old flag and now the house is full of scraps of the Encyclopedia of Antrim, 1865-1920. Or something like that.

You have to respect Humboldt’s determination to research and then verify. I love Wikipedia, but it would be a whole lot less voluminous–though perhaps the greater for it–if the contributors followed his example.

I’m not telling anybody what I’m reading this week. Wimpy doesn’t begin to cover it.

]]> By: Jerry Dennis https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world-the-meandering-path-of-a-book-in-progress2.html#comment-145 Jerry Dennis Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:22:07 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=537#comment-145 You raise a good point, Mary. Anything written by committee gets washed of personality. For reading pleasure, I’ll always take the rough and raggedy creations of single minds. Which makes me think of the colorful idiosyncrasies of the Britannica 11th edition, published in 1911. The articles in that edition were written by prominent writers and scholars who were encouraged to let their passions show. Lots of fascinating stuff. Also, unfortunately, blatant racism and other ugly relics of the age.

]]> By: Mary Pellerito https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world-the-meandering-path-of-a-book-in-progress2.html#comment-141 Mary Pellerito Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:48:02 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=537#comment-141 There is something to be said about one person writing an encyclopedia rather than many others. I find that people compartmentalize areas rather than look at the system of things. Enjoy your reading. For your sake, maybe the warm weather should hold off a bit so you can get more reading done.

]]> By: Jerry Dennis https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world-the-meandering-path-of-a-book-in-progress2.html#comment-144 Jerry Dennis Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:02:45 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=537#comment-144 HISTORY OF MANKIND wimpy? Sounds wonderful to me. Wish I had more to say about Aristotle, but alas, I’ve read with care only his natural science works and just poked around in some of the rest. I know barely enough to be dangerous — but enough to feel a stronger affinity for him than his teacher. At the risk of making a fool of myself I plan to shoehorn in a paragraph or two in an upcoming post. If I commit terrible gaffes, please tell me, but gently, gently!

]]> By: Pamela Grath https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world-the-meandering-path-of-a-book-in-progress2.html#comment-140 Pamela Grath Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:39:46 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=537#comment-140 My reading is downright wimpy compared to yours, Jerry. I was up in the middle of the night reading Van Loon’s HISTORY OF MANKIND, a world history written for children. It was (I say in my own defense) the world’s first Newbery winner and soon became a hit with adults, too, going on to be published in paperback form for the grownups without all the wonderful little drawings and maps we young folks love.

I hope you will write a bit about Aristotle soon. Any chance?

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