December 2008
Monthly Archive
Windermere
Posted by Howard on 11 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Places
I was struck when reading Wordsworth’s guide to the lake district, that he refers to Windermere as Winandermer. Where did this extra syllable come from and where did it go? Continue Reading »
Thomas Hobbes & Gomorra
Posted by Howard on 11 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Ideas
We often think of philosophy as a head in the clouds activity. As some one once said to me “It’s like f**rting ‘Annie Laurie’ backwards through a key hole- all very clever, but what’s the point!”.
Well you will see that I do think there is a point ( in fact more that one). So I will use these pages to put forward some reasons for bothering with the ideas of people in most cases long dead. Continue Reading »
