"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
Green cones
-
The other morning, S. was arranging traffic cones, as usual, near the
cemetery entrance. But they were green! "What happened to the orange
cones?" I as...
13 hours ago