tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post559048603122005524..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `And Sadness Is His Very Home'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-11652676680480837632012-08-16T21:14:50.715-05:002012-08-16T21:14:50.715-05:00I hadn't seen that the book of conversations w...I hadn't seen that the book of conversations with Maxwell had been published. That's great news; I'm going to have to go get a copy tomorrow.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-12349509635644265082012-08-15T12:43:26.821-05:002012-08-15T12:43:26.821-05:00"In Speak, Memory, Nabokov writes: 'I con..."In Speak, Memory, Nabokov writes: 'I confess I do not believe in time.' "<br /><br />I understand a statement such as "I do not believe in God", but what does "I do not believe in time' mean? Could it be that Nabokov did not use a wristwatch or an alarm clock or banned clocks from his house? The philosophers Wittgenstein or Oets Bouwsma would have had a delightful time teasing out the nonsense of Nabokov's statement. <br /><br />TJGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-1544110081631851632012-08-15T12:28:48.117-05:002012-08-15T12:28:48.117-05:00Along with Shakespeare the regicide, Dostoevsky th...Along with Shakespeare the regicide, Dostoevsky the axe-murderer, and Flaubert the flamboyant adulteress...Roger Boylanhttp://www.rogerboylan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-40745569936280000712012-08-15T09:42:12.340-05:002012-08-15T09:42:12.340-05:00Nabokov? Wasn't he a paedophile?Nabokov? Wasn't he a paedophile?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com