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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 19:02:16 GMT -5
Do Members experience "the poor man's primæval hatred of the man on the horse"?
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Post by ahinton on Jun 9, 2014 11:50:57 GMT -5
Do Members experience "the poor man's primæval hatred of the man on the horse"? Never having encountered or even read or heard of such a phenomenon, this particular member would be obliged to respond in the negative; the nearest to this that occurs to him (and it's still a long way distant) is the sour remark by Chopin on Liszt's operatic fantasies for piano about the transcriber's having tried to attain Parnassus on another man's Pegasus which, for all its wholly gratuitous and unjustifiable nature, retains a certain wry amusement value at the very least...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 10:58:42 GMT -5
No, Sydney, although googling on your choice of words, I assume that you have been reading Iris Murdoch's ' A Word Child'. A Word Child - Page 187 - Google Books ResultIn the context, of course, it could have been Hilary Burde's hatred of Lady Kitty on a horse. Curiously, it also made me think of the Battle of Hastings, where Anglo-Saxon infantry was successfully defeated by Norman cavalry. This indirectly led to the class system which has lasted in England for almost a thousand years. Horse riding is still associated with the British (or Norman) aristocracy, and in terms of class identity, I see how such a hatred could be a manifestation of class warfare! Do you ride? As for ahinton, very funny!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 1:55:17 GMT -5
. . . I assume that you have been reading Iris Murdoch's ' A Word Child'. . . . As for kleines c, very clever! In fact you astound me. I have in the past read many of her novels, but until now not this one, and I am enjoying it most of all. Out of interest, do members experience any kind of hatred of "the man on skis"?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 8:34:13 GMT -5
Well, I suppose that there is a kind of jealousy at play here, particularly if you like skiing, riding or whatever! The only novel I have ever read by Iris Murdoch is ' The Sea, the Sea', a finely detailed novel about the power of love and loss, featuring a retired stage director who is overwhelmed by jealousy when he meets his erstwhile lover after several decades apart. Wikipedia - Iris MurdochI remember being amused by Iris Murdoch's description of Charles Arrowby's cooking! The Quarterley Conversation - Review - The Sea, the Sea by Iris MurdochSo maybe it all comes down to jealousy, Sydney?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 8:50:44 GMT -5
I have no physical existence, kleines c.
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Post by ahinton on Jun 12, 2014 10:33:18 GMT -5
I have no physical existence, kleines c. Does that make you a bot?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 15:39:29 GMT -5
Does that make you a bot? One is that one is is one not?
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