tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post3142685646979494947..comments2024-02-12T23:25:09.583-08:00Comments on Overweening Generalist: Reading and Writing History in an Altered Statemichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-5002033993795856192019-03-16T10:41:09.883-07:002019-03-16T10:41:09.883-07:00It sounds as though Vico "pondered weak and w...It sounds as though Vico "pondered weak and weary over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore". Like Prospero he loved to spend his time contemplating mysterious books, using his imagination to learn the arts of a kind of magic.<br /><br />Director Stuart Gordon said of Fellini's Satyricon, "L.P. Hartley once said that the past is a foreign country; in Fellini's hands the past is another planet." This reminds me of your analysis of Vico and Vidal. Great post, as usual.<br /><br />I still seem like a kind of robot.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.com