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"Always take the easy way" - Some
Guy
Some
years ago I confessed here that my attempts to read St. Augustine's
"Confessions," were summed up by the margin notes in my text book
(facsimile above). I bought the Great
Books of Western Civilization (ranked number one civilization in
the world) series many moons ago, and have been working my way
through them for 40+ years. Confessions
is not the first, nor only work which greatness exceeds my ken
(Ptolemy, Copernicus and Kepler evidently require an understanding of
Algebra) , but dammit, St. Augustine?
A few days ago I was looking for something else and landed on the "Spark Notes"
page. I got through high school using Cliff Notes;
and Classic Comics;
Spark appears to be the same; difference being that Spark is free on
line. So, in a matter of a few hours I am able to pass Augustine's Confessions (Spoiler: he fornicated a lot and stole
pears) You're welcome. (Srsly, it was worth the journey,
now I can read the book- if I want).
Next Road to Discovery adventure: How
to Insert a Foley catheter in a woman
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The quest for knowledge is an unending task. May your participants for the Foley catheter adventure be numerous and curious.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Now I can finish Moby Dick.
ReplyDeleteAnon 10:37 Your next assignment will be:
ReplyDeleteHow to insert a Foley catheter in Moby Dick.
Film at 11:00.
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Oh Rodger, I feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteThree years ago I spent a small fortune buying "Newton's Principia for the Common Reader" by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Yes, the same guy who discovered the Chandrasekhar Limit.
In terms of calculus for the dollar, it's a terrific bargain. 600 big pages festooned with thousands of graphs and equations. Because that's the only way a 20th Century super-genuis could explain a 17th Century super-genuis.
I confess, I've only been able to get through the 1st 4 (of 28) chapters. Do you think SparkNotes would help?
Helly, why don't you use your talent to summarize it in Classic Comic format? It would be both altruistic and keep you from burning food in the kitchen. :)
ReplyDeleteSpark Notes is a great website!
ReplyDelete...and this, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be pear-shaped.
ReplyDeleteKim