Knowledge is not an abstract homogeneous good, of which there cannot be enough. Beyond the last flutter of actual or possible significance, pedantry begins.
Jacques Barzun
Knowledge is not an abstract homogeneous good, of which there cannot be enough. Beyond the last flutter of actual or possible significance, pedantry begins.
Jacques Barzun
I think I live "(b)eyond the last flutter of actual or possible significance"
ReplyDeleteI wondre if the pedantry starts earlier...
ReplyDeleteI always give much attention to Jacques Barzun. His style is so alive that I take everything he says personally. "Surely, you don't mean MOI, Monsieur Barzun?" Alas! I think I was born in a pedantic mood.
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ReplyDeleteI tried to link to The Life of the Mind (Laudator Temporis Acti: June 29,2010). I missed again! It's an amusing quotation. :)
ReplyDeleteCalum,
ReplyDeletethus there are already two of us. :)
Jams,
possibly. Any example?
Claudia,
your confession makes it easier for me to admit: I have to fight my pedantry on a daily basis. By doing so I am trying to not being pedantic, though.