Theos-Talk Archives (November 1999 Message tl00154)

In a message dated 11/12/99 9:58:10 PM Central Standard Time,
ambain@ambain.screaming.net writes:

> Possibly because she held the view that Schlaginweit's work was istelf
>  derived from a hidden or occult source?
>
Well, that is a German name and German writers can
really develop an esoteric German.  Read Hegel: his
German is VERY esoteric and his manner of
expression seems derived from a hidden or
occult or ocluded thought.  Its amazing how
triple negatives make the reader feel he isn't
equal to the task of understanding the author.
But then when you figure out you can just drop
two of the negatives so it is just one, then
you learn one of the rhetorical sleight of
hands played by German professors to
appear impressive.

Then there is the British writers such as Hume
and Ayer.  They write so elegantly in a clear
prose style that the reader sees they are
clearly wrong very quickly.  A friend told me
there is a thing called the Philosopher's
Dictionary.  Under "Ayer," it has a
philosophical mistake clearly expressed,
see Error.  Under error it says, see Ayer.

Grigor