tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57129633004250659662011-11-15T04:00:30.125-08:00mistermullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654528229077459938noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712963300425065966.post-9746486378614420402011-11-15T03:56:00.001-08:002011-11-15T03:59:16.578-08:00<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">This blog</span> <span class="hps">is a repository of</span> <span class="hps">articles,</span> <span class="hps">reflections</span> <span class="hps">and book reviews</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps atn"><br /></span><span class="">Hegel is</span> <span class="hps">my hero</span> <span class="hps">among philosophers</span><span class="">, and</span> <span class="hps">I can never</span> <span class="hps">think of her</span> <span class="hps">as the</span> <span class="hps">justification of private property</span> <span class="hps">to reach the</span> <span class="hps">consciousness of</span> <span class="hps">free</span> <span class="hps">without visiting</span> <span class="hps">the cellar</span> <span class="hps">to find</span> <span class="hps">an instant confirmation</span><span class="">"</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">such as a</span> <span class="hps">Chianti Classico</span> <span class="hps">Vignamaggio</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span class="hps">birthplace</span> <span class="hps">of Leonardo</span><span class="">'s Mona</span> <span class="hps">Lisa</span><span class="atn">. "</span><span class="hps">But if</span> <span class="hps">you</span> <span class="hps">touch</span> <span class="hps">a few volumes</span> <span class="hps">of Thomas</span> <span class="hps">Aquinas</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">rather than</span> <span class="hps">resist</span> <span class="hps atn">with that "</span><span class="">every wine</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">Montepulciano</span> <span class="hps">king"</span> <span class="hps">celebrated in</span> <span class="hps">his time</span> <span class="hps">by Francesco</span> <span class="hps">Redi</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Even worse</span> <span class="hps">if you come</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">"jargon</span><span class="">" unbearable</span> <span class="hps">Husserl</span><span class="">, rely</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">stronger</span> <span class="hps">sturabudella</span> <span class="hps">you have!</span> <span class="hps">In short</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">there is</span> <span class="hps">a drink for</span> <span class="hps">every philosopher</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">fresh</span> <span class="hps">water</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">sparkling</span> <span class="hps">wine</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">the latter</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">mainly</span> <span class="hps">the likes</span> <span class="hps">of Roger</span> <span class="hps">Scruton</span> <span class="hps">in this book</span> <span class="hps">even more</span> <span class="hps">challenging</span> <span class="hps">than usual</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">His is</span> <span class="hps">an ironic</span> <span class="hps">tribute</span> <span class="hps">to the gift</span> <span class="hps">of Bacchus</span><span class="">, and even</span> <span class="hps">the traps</span> <span class="hps">of metaphysics</span> <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">far</span> <span class="hps">dall'irritante</span> <span class="hps">verbiage</span> <span class="hps">with which the</span> <span class="hps">so-called experts</span> <span class="hps">write about</span> <span class="hps">wine and</span> <span class="hps">related genera</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but attentive</span> <span class="hps">to the dialectic</span> <span class="hps">of history that</span> <span class="hps">for centuries</span> <span class="hps">has combined</span> <span class="hps">wine and</span> <span class="hps">culture</span> <span class="hps">.</span></span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5712963300425065966-974648637861442040?l=altrilibri.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mistermullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654528229077459938noreply@blogger.com0