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Not Light Reading.

15-Sep-11

Turmero Someone has objected to my description of Bertrand Russell as “light reading.”  I stand by the characterization.  As an example of something which is not light reading, I offer Montaigne.  He runs through an entire plot in one sentence: enough for five New York Post articles.  In one sentence!  No filler whatsoever.  This was when […]