tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post4409250250404837989..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Understanding an Earlier AgeGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-59454997841899033202015-08-12T20:35:48.921-04:002015-08-12T20:35:48.921-04:00The wheel has been reinvented before.
The only r...The wheel has been reinvented before. <br /><br />The only reason we understand a lot of ancient history is that a bunch of guys in Renaissance Italy thought that it would be good to read that stuff again.<br /><br />Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-21741089702341155082015-08-12T20:24:04.483-04:002015-08-12T20:24:04.483-04:00-to tack on- ...and therefore we begin losing ever...-to tack on- ...and therefore we begin losing every advantage their efforts and realizations gave to their future generations- namely, us.<br /><br />Soon, we'll be re-inventing the wheel, at this rate.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-7907927304262827242015-08-12T12:07:34.510-04:002015-08-12T12:07:34.510-04:00He wasn't arguing that Spain's Golden Age ...He wasn't arguing that Spain's Golden Age was good. He was just saying that if we don't understand historical Western culture, such as Christianity or the ancient Greek writers, and take it seriously, then we can't understand the art, literature, or (more to the point of his epithet) the thought that came out of it.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-34298599348563006822015-08-11T22:39:07.139-04:002015-08-11T22:39:07.139-04:00Yeah, Spengler don't get it. Spain's liter...Yeah, Spengler don't get it. Spain's literary "Golden Age" was an age of decline and disaster--from the Armada at one end to Rocroi at the other, with about a dozen bankruptcies in between. <br /><br /><i>Certain</i> Catholics in Spain may have been concerned with theological jokes in the 1630's but the great mass were concerned with much more basic needs, like getting enough food to eat. <br /><br />Spain almost broke up in the 1640's, Catalonia revolting for about 5 years requiring a very bloody suppression.<br /><br />And again Mozart wasn't writing <i>for you</i> he was writing for people long dead, and that we can hear his music played today is a happy accident. <br /><br />Thoughtless age? How thoughtless was it to burn down Germany for 30 years? <br /><br />Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.com