"Bayle is suggesting that any merely truthful account of mankind is liable to take on the appearance of a slander simply because the usual run of mankind is more likely to be ignoble than noble, and that the truth itself is therefore more than likely to take on the aspect of a calumny."
- Hayden White, Metahistory
Money and death, a meditation
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Lilith and I took a shorter walk than is usual this morning; my knees and
hips hurt last night. Lilith has been a bit stiff-legged of late, too.
Yesterd...
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