tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post117153852570013891..comments2024-03-28T16:48:23.212-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Merely Beautiful'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-1171573410844605942007-02-15T15:03:00.000-06:002007-02-15T15:03:00.000-06:00Mark Van Doren famed Columbia English Prof. who Th...Mark Van Doren famed Columbia English Prof. who Thomas Merton befriended. The author of the famous text: Shakespeare (New York Review Books Classics)and the father of Carl Van Doren. He promoted the great books program with Mortimer Adler. Mark Van Doren's favoroite work of lit was Don Quixote. Interesting, while John Adams was planning the revolution he carried Don Quixote in his saddlebag while travelling.<BR/>Joe, New YorkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-1171543462844883462007-02-15T06:44:00.000-06:002007-02-15T06:44:00.000-06:00I'm not even sure it's possible for anything to be...I'm not even sure it's possible for anything to be truly beautiful without some degree of truth. Not an original idea, naturally, and rather trite, but perhaps true nevertheless?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com