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5-6 October 2013 | 92 comments (92 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Living on the Planet (none / 1)
Boethius is really quite fascinating. He and Porphyry had an immense influence throughout the Middle Ages through their interpretation of Aristotle. The development of medieval logic and medieval dialectics owes much to Boethius. It would take humanism and the Renaissance to radically put in doubt this world vision, a sort of intellectual civil war that lasted some centuries.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Sun Oct 6th, 2013 at 04:37:01 PM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 1)
Agreed. Boethius was the only figure I knew anything about when I went to that lecture, through his influence on the later Middle Ages. But I'm sure 99% of that audience, me included, were just there to bask in the reflected Tolkien glow. And Christopher Tolkien made his lecture really hard to follow, probably because he was well aware of what was happening and wasn't happy about it.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Oct 6th, 2013 at 04:53:50 PM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)
A great anecdote at that anyway. Do you recall his take on Teodoric's final option to do away with Boethius in such an unkind manner?

I was personally unable to appreciate Tolkein babbo at the time- nor really after. I definitely enjoy the films.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Sun Oct 6th, 2013 at 05:47:42 PM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)
This was the first of eight lectures, so he didn't get to the murder. I didn't go back for the others.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Oct 7th, 2013 at 01:42:55 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)
I can't pinpoint the time when I grew out of Tolkienmania, but it was not long after this lecture, which may or may not have had some influence on the process.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Oct 7th, 2013 at 01:50:57 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)
At the time a person was either into Marcuse or the freak/hippie culture. Brautigan. Hesse. Kerouac. Tolkien. In Europe it was Fanon and Deleuzeguattari. other stuff like the underground press. I was hung up on classics. Flaubert. Dostoievski.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Mon Oct 7th, 2013 at 05:55:16 AM EST
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